Overview

• During a Friday WFAN segment, host Brandon Tierney questioned whether Juan Soto is truly 26 and asked to see his long-form birth certificate while conceding he had no evidence.
• The remarks reignited age rumors originally seeded by parody X posts suggesting the Dominican-born slugger was older than his publicly listed October 25, 1998 birthdate.
• The speculation surfaced in the context of Soto’s 15-year, $765 million Mets contract and recent performance concerns that have intensified media scrutiny.
• Callers on the program pushed back by citing Major League Baseball’s Age and Identity Investigation unit and the absence of any credible challenge to Soto’s documented identity.
• Sports outlets have portrayed Tierney’s comments as sensational conjecture rather than evidence-based reporting.