3 words to sum up NY Mets star Juan Soto getting snubbed from the All-Star team

Juan Soto was left off of the National League All-Star roster, making him this year’s biggest snub from the New York Mets. A case of too little, too late considering he didn’t rev the engine up to full force until June, the feeling of snubbery is what some Mets fans had on their minds Sunday night.

His OPS is among the best in the majors at .904. Other numbers are right there among the best in baseball, too, with an increase of power over the last month. The outfield is always a deep position when it comes to All-Star selections. To see Soto get overlooked in favor of players who universally have lesser totals can create a stir of inner rage about his absence from next Tuesday’s summer exhibition.

How should Mets really feel? Three words sum it up.

Three words for Mets fans to consider about Juan Soto being an All-Star snub: No big deal

The Mets are sending Francisco Lindor (starting), Pete Alonso, and Edwin Diaz to the game. Soto still has a chance to attend with players bowing out or getting injured. A few other Mets players could be under consideration as well. There was a point when it felt like the Mets would have a starting pitcher snubbed from the game. Instead, only their star closer made it.

Soto has been an All-Star four times before. For the man personally, it probably doesn’t mean a whole lot in comparison to a first-timer or a player who might never get another shot again.

As Mets fans, there’s only one way to think about it. It’s “no big deal.” A couple of days off can do him some good. Soto leads the league with 89 games played in right field with just a single start at the DH spot. Those opportunities to take a half-day will be fewer with Jesse Winker on the verge of returning.

Lindor’s selection as a starter is meaningful, but Mets fans wouldn’t be thinking outrageously if they preferred he kept his drought alive. His broken toe doesn’t need the weight on it for the time he’d spend warming up and playing a few innings in a game with results we’ll forget about in a week. While Soto doesn’t have any known injuries, the rest can do him good.

It’s nice to have your team’s players in the All-Star Game. It’s nicer to see them win a championship. Mets fans know as well as anyone how fluky injuries can be. The same reason most of us were okay with Alonso skipping the Home Run Derby is the same thought process about the absence of Soto in this year’s Midsummer Classic.