Brett Baty, the 12th overall pick by the Mets in the 2019 draft, had still been driving the same 2016 Toyota 4Runner he did in high school.

Brett Baty, a 25-year-old third baseman who has played parts of three seasons with the Mets, has worn No. 22 since he was called up in 2022. After a January conversation with Soto, the team's 2019 first-round pick decided to give up his number, but it's not that he won't get something in return.

Juan Soto found out that the SUV was "the car of [Baty's] dreams" via a totally normal, not-at-all-planted conversation on the topic that included Baty and traveling secretary Edgar Suero.