And as the Mets star descends on Yankee Stadium for the first time since leaving on Friday night, Yankees captain Aaron Judge revealed what he learned from Soto in the one season they played together.

Juan Soto knows what he will get Friday night. In his first trip back to Yankee Stadium since spurning the Bronx Bombers and signing a $765 million deal with the Mets, the 26-year old slugger knows emotions will be high in the stands. He will be booed. He will be heckled. He will be jeered.

Has Soto lost a little bat speed this season? Sure, but it's too simplistic to view one of the game's best hitters through that lens alone.