Among the many reasons Mets fans were excited for the 2025 MLB season, watching Juan Soto suit up for the team day in and day out is easily at or near the top. Soto, fresh off signing the largest contract in major league history, came over with high expectations as a generational talent who would transform the perception of the franchise for years to come.
We are now just about two weeks into the Soto era, and Soto has had a solid start to the season. With the expectations, the price tag, and the general aura around him, “solid” is a strange and somewhat complicated tag for what he has done to date.