The ball rocketed off Juan Soto’s bat, heading over the right field bleachers at Wrigley Field and clanging off the top of the scoreboard — an emphatic statement.
Juan Soto was back.
Not that he was ever really gone, but Soto has been slowly working back from a shoulder strain, and hadn’t really displayed any power since coming off the Injured List.
“I really let the ball travel a little bit,” Soto said afterward.
Soto’s last homer was on May 7. His last double before Tuesday night was April 19. It may not have been an actual slump, but to Soto, it felt like one.