After receiving a significant contract in the offseason, Juan Soto hasn’t necessarily lived up to the hype so far. The New York Mets are doing just fine, as they have the second-highest winning percentage in all of baseball.
Even with Soto struggling, the team has won a league-high 25 games at home. Thankfully for Citi Field, they were able to see Soto go yard as the Mets extended their winning streak to four games.
Juan Soto’s Homer Sparks Comeback vs. Nationals
With the team down 3-1 in the bottom of the third inning, Soto was already 0-1 on the night. He’s been off to a hot start in June, having hit a home run in two of the first three games of the month. Since then, he’s only driven in one run, but all of that changed on June 10 as the lefty hit a long ball to not only get the Mets back into that game but also Soto back into a positive mindset.
So far, he’s hitting .367 in the month of June. That’s on pace to be his best monthly batting average of the season, by far. His .232 performance in April was followed by an even worse month of May, one where he hit just .219. Even though he’s had just 30 at-bats this month, his slugging sits at .733 with an outstanding 1.291 OPS.
Juan Soto gets the Mets within one as he homers off Mackenzie Gore, whom he was once traded for! pic.twitter.com/74caqhcito
— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) June 11, 2025
“He’s back,” one fan said in response to the Mets’ posting the video of Soto’s homer. His solo shot went 373 feet and was 103.9 mph off the bat. While one home run can’t change everything, it can certainly do a lot to get a player back into a positive headspace after a season where they’ve underdelivered.
After his .288 season with the New York Yankees last year, Soto’s numbers are down across the board. It’s taken him quite some time to establish himself with this new team, but this seems to be the month where he might finally break through. With his OPS at .840, that’s the lowest it’s been since the first half of 2022.
If there’s one thing that Soto has improved on, it’s stealing bases. In the 157 games he appeared in last season, Soto stole seven bases but was caught stealing four times. He already has seven stolen bases this season and hasn’t been caught once in the 66 games he’s played in.
Other than that, Soto continues to have a tremendous strikeout-to-walk ratio. He’s been walked more times than he’s struck out, which isn’t common for a player in the big leagues. His 55 walks to 47 strikeouts are a phenomenal ratio that Soto has kept up throughout the duration of his career.