Certainly, no one expected that at the end of May, David Stearns would still be trying to explain Juan Soto’s slow start to his Mets career.

Juan Soto's numbers are getting ugly.. The slumping New York Mets slugger went hitless again Wednesday and failed to get the ball out of the infield in a 9-4 loss to the Chicago White Sox.. After ...

For his career, though, Soto owns a .881 OPS with 77 home runs (1,875 plate appearances) batting second. Comparatively, Soto owns a .983 OPS with 73 home runs (1,372 plate appearances) batting third.

Soto's performance this season is also skewed by his struggles in the first inning.He has posted a .156/.224/.178 batting line in 49 first-inning plate appearances, with one double and 14 strikeouts.

5. Soto has lost bat speed. Soto is having trouble with velocity because his bat is not as quick. His bat speed on those 95+ pitches has dropped significantly, from 75.6 mph to 72.2 mph. Overall ...

These are not the questions Juan Soto wants to face from New York media. On Sunday, the New York Mets slugger took heat for not sprinting on a potential ground-ball single that instead resulted in ...

All weekend, Soto heard the taunts and expletive-laden chants. And he didn't necessarily silence the crowd with his play either — going just 1 for 10 in the series with three walks.

Many within a sellout crowd of 47,510 — and particularly in the ever-lively sections 203 and 204 — again booed, heckled and jeered Juan Soto throughout the Mets' 3-2 win, just as they did in ...

Soto, 26, entered the Subway Series with a .255/.380/.465 batting line and eight home runs. That is career best production for most players but it represents a down year for Soto, ...

Juan Soto heard a hostile reaction from fans at Yankee Stadium Friday in his visit with the New York Mets and seemed to embrace the reaction. Newsletters Games Share a News Tip. Featured.

MLB star Juan Soto, now with the New York Mets, had to contend with boos in his return to Yankee Stadium.

The first “F—k Juan Soto” chants arrived at 6:51 p.m., when the Mets slugger ran out from the dugout to begin pregame stretching. It would not be the last unkind chant. Yankees fans were ...