Yankees announcer chides team's fans for vulgar Juan Soto chant after he left for Mets

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New York Yankees fans were in unfamiliar territory when a superstar chose the crosstown rival Mets over their favorite team.

Juan Soto signed a 15-year, $765 million deal, the most lucrative in sports history, with the Mets this offseason after helping the Yankees to the World Series in his lone season with the club last year.

While some Yankees fans have favored Soto's departure because it allowed the team to bring on more players with the money it saved, plenty of fans are still upset about it.

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Yankees fans during the 2024 World Series against the Dodgers.  (Imagn)

During the Yankees' game Thursday against the Arizona Diamondbacks, fans randomly began chanting, "F--- Juan Soto."

The Mets have long been called the Yankees' little brother, but Michael Kay, the Yanks' play-by-play announcer, said the roles were reversed with those chants.

"We hear this silly banter back and forth about big brother, little brother. You know what that was yesterday, everybody? I hate to say it, and you’re not gonna like it. That was little brother nonsense," Kay said on his radio show Friday afternoon, which is broadcast on the Mets' flagship radio station.

"Why are you chanting about Juan Soto? Your team is winning. And that’s what you’re coming up with? You kind of should be a little bit embarrassed.

New York Mets right fielder Juan Soto (22) follows through on an RBI double against the Toronto Blue Jays during the sixth inning at Citi Field.  (Brad Penner/Imagn Images)

"Shame on all of you. Really, shame on all of you. It’s such an awful tiny look. … You are still big brother. The Mets haven’t won