[Caswell] Juan Soto on what kind of reception he’s expecting from Padres fans tonight

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1. Juan Soto says he fully expected to return to the Padres until a week before he got traded.

   – [Caswell](https://x.com/martycaswell/status/1794136770432602582?s=46&t=KdU2-ebQ9n0tuXaO05eELQ)

2. Juan Soto says he’s wide open to listening to prospective teams bidding for his free agent services: ‘We ain’t closing the doors on anybody.’’

   – [Boob](https://x.com/bnightengale/status/1794137603769586137?s=46&t=KdU2-ebQ9n0tuXaO05eELQ)

3. “Really good city, really good fanbase … I’m feeling great to be back.”

   – [Heilbrunn](https://x.com/annieheilbrunn/status/1794134941724483637?s=46&t=KdU2-ebQ9n0tuXaO05eELQ)

4. You don’t boo a guy that was traded. Beyond his control. I welcome him back with cheers and a beer. Now he shuffles on Yu and takes him deep, then we got beef🤣! Welcome back Juan!

5. Solid answer. I’d still boo him, sorry, Yankees.

6. Don’t cry because it’s over. Shuffle because it happened.

7. Soto the player did grind it out all 162 here. Literally played in every single f-ing game. How many guys do that. Then there was the most productive bat with not even being his best year.

   Dudes a complete baller. AJ has some glaring issues yet he and Peter set the table for this club to do something special w getting Soto here and the team / players collectively couldn’t pull it together. Shit happens in this wild game. Last season’s epic team failure is one of those wild things I think no one saw coming.

8. That single in game 4 of the 2022 NLDS to tie the game will live on in my memory forever. Will always love this kid even if his tenure here was short lived. Hope he gets a warm ovation tonight.

9. He never seemed to truly be comfortable / embrace it here, but I believe him when he says he gave it his all. I wouldn’t stand up and clap for him if we’re there tonight, but I definitely wouldn’t boo either. He did nothing wrong here other than perform slightly lower than he theoretically could have

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11. I’ll be there tomorrow. Juan deserves nothing else from us but applause.

12. I’ll be there applauding!

13. I hope the fans cheer him in his 1st AB. After that everything is fair game lol

14. I want to see Grishams press conference. That guy was here longer and earned two gold gloves. But also, FTY!

15. I wouldn’t cheer for him because he’s on the other team, but I wouldn’t boo him either. We made the best decision for the team. Not his fault. I think it all worked out just fine.