The Juan Soto effect on the New York Mets is real. Soto, who signed a record-setting 15-year, $765 million deal this offseason, has the chance to make New York's lineup one of the best in all of baseball.

New York Yankees star Aaron Judge addresses the controversy surrounding Juan Soto’s decision to join the New York Mets, making it clear he is not to blame.

As it turns out, Soto didn't ghost Judge and the Yankees after all. In fact, the two remain friends: Just a day after Soto homered in his first spring training game as a Met, he got a FaceTime call from Judge to catch up and see how things were going with his new team.