Acce s the Mets beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mike Puma about the inside buzz on the Mets. Michael Kay has a bone to pick with the Mets $765 million star. YES Networks play-by-play broadcaster sounded off on Juan Soto following comments made by the 26-year-old outfielder about not being named an All-Star this year Colten Brewer Jersey , particularly the money on the table with the snub. Talk about being tone-deaf, on his self-titled program, as covered by Awful Announcing. Come on, Juan. The last I looked, you are making a smidge under $47 million this season. And you are upset that you arent making the All-Star Game because of an All-Star bonus you have in your contract? Do you know how bad that looks that you said that? Even if you thought it, fine. What kind of expenditures do you have? ICYMI on The Michael Kay Show on : reacts to Juan Sotos comments about not making the All-Star game. ESPN New York (@ESPNNewYork) Explore More Michael Kay took exception to All-Star comments made by the Mets Juan Soto. Robert Sabo for NY Post I dont even know what the bonus is. Lets say its $500,000, which is nothing to sneeze at. But you do make $47 million this year. To even speak that, do you realize how it makes you look? There are gonna be players that make $40 million a year that are going to roll their eyes. Why would you even speak that into existence? Do you know how bad it makes you look? Soto, with the Mets, mi sed out of being an All-Star for the first time in five seasons. Michael Kay called out the Mets $765 million star on his self-titled program. X When asked Tuesday about not being elected, Soto acknowledged other players deserved a spot more than he did. I mean, its a part of baseball, Soto said. There is a lot of players out there with great numbers that deserve to be there. Its a roster with only 25 guys. They cant take all of the guys into it. It happens. Juan Soto has overcome early struggles to surge this summer. Charles Wenzelberg/New York Post Soto then responded to a follow-up question about whether hed like to make the team, with a reporter noting some players like to enjoy R&R on the break. What do you think? he said as media members laughed. I think its a lot of money on the table. Sotos first season in Queens as hes overcome early struggles . He posted a .322 batting average in June, along with 11 home runs and 20 RBIs, and is hitting. 264 with a .900 OPS for the season. Kay, who initially believed that Sotos comments were the product of some AI nonsense, was at the center of Soto drama earlier this season. in May by saying Soto was very, very glum around the clubhouse amid his slump, and how he wanted to re-sign with the Yankees but moved to the Mets due to a family preference. When Soto found his stride, Mets fans went after Kay, who then targeted the fan base in a June tirade. The Mets visit the Royals in a three-game series starting Friday before the All-Star break. David Ross Jersey