The New York Mets have something to be happy about with their superstar, Juan Soto. Soto managed to hit homers in back-to-back games for the first time in 2025. While it is definitely a great sign for the Mets, this time, the spotlight is on something different. It’s not just about his performance; instead, it centres around something Soto confessed.
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This may come as a surprise to many, but Juan Soto has revealed that he knows how to handle the pressure amid the slump. Despite hitting a few homers in the last few games, with a blockbuster contract behind him, expectations are sky high. That’s the reason his current stats don’t justify the contract, sparking debates among the fans and experts.
Juan Soto, who signed with the Mets for a hefty fifteen-year, $765 million deal, went 0-for-3 and had eight walks on Thursday facing the St. Louis Cardinals. He went 2-for-21 in the last six games—that’s pretty much ordinary given the massive deal for which he has been signed by the Mets. Soto’s average is a mere .221, with only three home runs and 7 RBIs, with a .361 OBP and .773 OPS. When asked about the struggles he is facing in his first season with the Mets, Soto said, “Definitely know how to handle it. I’ve been growing as a man through my whole career, and I just know things are going to change. I just gotta keep grinding.”
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Juan Soto is hopeful of turning things back on his side. But his recent performance is in stark contrast to the actual potential that he holds. Despite putting up a good show against the Minnesota Twins early this week, Juan Soto struggled again while facing the Cardinals. During the game, while going for a double play, he hit the ball with a 106.7 exit velocity. Again, during the fifth inning, Soto hit a 97.7 mph ball until getting retired.
So, the struggle is real and no one can deny that. Another hitless night and another sad day for him. He further said, “It’s just baseball. There’s nothing I can do. Definitely I’m trying my best to get going and help the team … but things happen timing-wise and swinging-wise. It’s just weird. It’s baseball.” However, the slump in his performance can be due to the way he is being pitched differently nowadays. That’s what he shared in a discussion with the Post’s Mike Puma earlier.
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Amid the struggles Juan Soto is facing at the moment, he has made some surprising revelations about how he is being pitched differently at present without Aaron Judge behind him. Earlier this week, when asked about how he was getting pitched, Soto said, “It’s definitely different. I had the best hitter in baseball (Judge) hitting behind me last season, and I was getting more attacks and more pitches in the strike zone. I was pitched differently last year.” Feels like the 26-year-old outfielder wants the pitchers to attack him. But that hasn’t been the case since he left the Yankees.
“I would say I am getting a decent amount of strikes, but there are some specific situations where pitchers don’t attack.” So, he cannot expect the same thing to happen just like it happened earlier when Judge used to be behind him. It’s a different team and a different environment, which he must adapt to.
More importantly. It’s up to him how well he calculates the strike zones and the way pitches play against him. That would, perhaps, give him an advantage to strike the ball easily and everything will fall into place gradually.
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