Boos rain down on Juan Soto during his first at-bat in Yankee Stadium return

Juan Soto spent just one season in New York Yankees pinstripes After helping the Yankees advance to the World Series Soto switched New York City boroughs and signed a historic contract with the Mets The Mets opened a three-game series with the Yankees Friday night While the Yankees jumped out to a - lead much of the attention was on Soto's first at-bat The latest edition of the Subway Series marked Soto's first time playing at Yankee Stadium since he signed with the Mets CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMSoto heard specific loud boos as he made his way to the batter's box in the first inning Friday night Multiple fans inside the stadium rose to their feet and jeered Soto The -year-old right fielder appeared to take the fans' disapproval in stride taking a moment to tip his helmet to the crowd METS' JUAN SOTO LOOKS FORWARD TO SUBWAY SERIES AGAINST FORMER ASSOCIATION DESPITE EXPECTED YANKEES FANS' BOOSSoto also appeared to say thank you He eventually stepped into the batter's box and drew a walk When he took right field in the bottom half of the inning more boos appeared to rain down Before Friday's encounter Soto spoke about the possibility of fans booing him But it didn't appear to dampen the slugger's excitement about returning to the Bronx I don't mind Soto stated The Athletic Before the start of the regular season Soto admitted he was expecting the worst from the Yankees faithful when he visited Yankee Stadium You know Yankees fans They can surprise you with anything the four-time MLB All-Star mentioned in March Yankees manager Aaron Boone took a cautious tone leading up to Friday's matchup and advised fans not to take things too far It ll be fascinating I m sure there ll be various creativity in there Boone reported before the match I just want everyone to come and have a good time and be safe and not take things too far Soto spurned the Yankees in favor of a -year million deal with the Mets in December The contract which did not include any deferred money is the majority of lucrative contract in professional sports history Soto finished his lone season with the Yankees with home runs and a batting average The right fielder has hit eight homers in games so far this season with the Mets Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter