New York Mets superstar outfielder Juan Soto is realizing just how different life is without Aaron Judge looming in the on-deck circle. “I had the best hitter in baseball batting behind me,” Soto told the New York Post.

Aaron Judge, captain of the New York Yankees, weighed in on Juan Soto’s early struggles with the New York Mets, offering a perspective on his former teammate’s adjustment in Queens. While there’s a notable difference in not having New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge,

Though Juan Soto acknowledges his at-bats have changed without “the best hitter in baseball” waiting in the on-deck circle, Yankees captain Aaron Judge believes his former teammate will soon hit his stride with the Mets.