Juan Soto knows exactly what’s waiting for him when he walks back into Yankee Stadium this weekend, and he’s already bracing for it. His first trip back to the Bronx as a New York Met, fresh off that jaw-dropping 15-year, $765 million contract, promises a chorus of boos loud enough to rattle the subway lines behind the stadium.

Wanting to beef up their bullpen this weekend’s Subway Series against Juan Soto and the Mets, the Yankees designated left-handed reliever Tyler Matzek for assignment and summoned in Loaisiga, who is back for the first time since having right ulnar collateral ligament surgery in April 2024.