Juan Soto finally hit his second home run with the Mets in Monday’s 5-1 win over the Minnesota Twins, but that wasn’t his highlight of the night.
Soto’s home run was basically garbage-time garnish. It was a seventh-inning two-run shot off of Jorge Alcala that extended New York’s lead from 3-1 to 5-1. He’s batting .250 with an .829 OPS. By comparison, Soto hit .344 with three homers and 15 RBI in his first 16 games with the Yankees last year.
And wouldn’t you know it, Soto pointed to that as the reason for his slow start.