It might be thought that coming from the same team in a move that took them both to the Bronx, there would be a rivalry between Trent Grisham and Juan Soto, especially now that the Dominican is shining with the New York Mets and the Fort Worth, Texas native is doing so with theNew York Yankees in a great start to the season.
At least that is the narrative that some people are trying to impose on social networks and somehow they have succeeded, as taking advantage of Grisham’s explosive performance in the Yankees’ batting order they have begun to confront them, and many media outlets have swallowed a matter that may seem profitable for many, but in truth, it is an invention.
From San Diego to New York…
Grisham and Soto arrived at the Yankees in December 2023 from the San Diego Padres, and while the Dominican was treated as a star, Grisham had to settle for a supporting role in the trade with the Californians.
Now that Trent Grisham has had the opportunity to show off his batting skills with the Yankees, some people want to ‘stir up trouble’ between the two, and have made efforts to make the message seem as if it were true and put in the mouth of the American words that he has never spoken about his former teammate in San Diego and the Yankees.
The alleged message from Grisham
After the Yankees’ victory, precisely over the Padres by 4-3, a supposed declaration of Grisham went viral, an ‘indirect’ to the now Mets slugger: “I don’t need songs to go out on the field or flip the bat. I just play winning baseball“, but the reality is that this comment is a lie arising from a parody account on Instagram called FAX Sports MLB (@mlbonfax).
The formula of the hoax is effective, especially because the history of both in the two teams feeds it and Grisham’s numbers would justify his ‘bravado’, but this could not be further from the truth. Grisham is a baseball player who has shown discretion and focus, but above all, hard work without the need to pay attention to what his former teammate is doing.
Grisham now boasts a .289 batting average, .379 on-base percentage, .631 slugging percentage and nine home runs in 29 games and 95 plate appearances, the same numbers as last season, but with just two months of activity in this course
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