US EditionJuan Soto’s Slump Is Deepening: Mets Fans Are Starting to Boo
- Juan Soto, who has earned multiple All-Star selections and Silver Slugger awards throughout his career, is struggling during his challenging first season with the New York Mets in 2025.
- Soto signed a record $765 million free-agent contract in December after a strong 2024 with the Yankees, but his batting average has dropped 61 points below his career mark.
- He has hit only eight home runs with 25 RBIs over 55 games, including a 75-plate appearance homerless stretch and a.119 average during his last 59 at-bats.
- On Wednesday at Citi Field, Soto went 0 for 4 with a walk and strikeout while facing boos from a sparse crowd at a hastily rescheduled 1:10 p.m. game in rainy weather.
- Despite Soto's cold streak and poor numbers, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza has expressed continued faith, noting improved foundation and advanced metrics suggesting hard luck.
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Mets see Juan Soto as unlucky, want him to ‘stay the course’
Roughly one-third of the way into the 2025 season and Juan Soto still has not produced like Juan Soto. There have been flashes of the generational player he was for the Yankees, San Diego Padres and Washington Nationals, but nothing that has sustained. He’s hitting the ball with an average exit velocity that ranks among some of the best in baseball. A notoriously patient hitter, he isn’t chasing pitches out of the zone and he’s walking at a high…
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Soto falls deeper into slump with another hitless game in Mets’ loss to White Sox
NEW YORK — 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 signing a record $765 million contract in December as a free agent, Soto is batting a measly .224 with eight homers and 25 RBIs in 55 games during a turbulent first season with the Mets. The four-time All-Star and five-time Silver Slugger winne…
What’s wrong with the Mets’ Juan Soto? The simple answer is baseball
Nearly one year ago, on May 30, 2024, Juan Soto was batting .312, had an on-base percentage of .415 and was slugging .584 in his first and only season with the New York Yankees. The right fielder ended the regular season playing 157 games with MVP-esque numbers: a .288 batting average, .419 OBP, slugging .519, and on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS) of .989, 41 home runs, 109 RBIs and 129 walks. Twelve months later, Soto is way behind that i…
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