Basketball guy here...seems as if the home plate umpire wasn't very sure of himself once he decided to change his call. He saw the ball on the ground, but I don't know if he had any idea how Soto dropped it.
It looked to me as if Soto wasn't really trying to "transfer" it, nor was he showing the umpire the ball. He just dropped it, though it was well after he made the tag.
For the record, I thought he was safe anyway.
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