{"id":63164,"date":"2025-05-21T08:18:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T08:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=63164"},"modified":"2025-05-21T08:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T08:19:08","slug":"juan-sotos-manager-turns-on-him-after-controversial-moment-in-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=63164","title":{"rendered":"Juan Soto&#8217;s manager turns on him after controversial moment in loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js-article-text\">\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/05\/20\/18\/98573609-14731871-Soto_26_has_seen_his_batting_average_and_bat_speed_dip_since_sig-a-13_1747761920570.jpg\" alt=\"Soto, 26, has seen his batting average and bat speed dip since signing with the Mets\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By ALEX RASKIN<\/p>\n<p>Published:<time datetime=\"2025-05-20T16:03:46+0100\"> 11:03 EDT, 20 May 2025 <\/time> | Updated: <time datetime=\"2025-05-20T18:25:37+0100\"> 13:25 EDT, 20 May 2025 <\/time><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The 15-year, $765 million deal Juan Soto signed with the New York Mets may not be quite enough to compel a consistent effort from the 26-year-old slugger.<\/p>\n<p>After allegedly being slow out of the batter&#8217;s box during his recent return to Yankee Stadium, Soto made a similar mistake in Boston on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Soto took Red Sox south Justin Wilson deep to left in the sixth inning of a 3-1 loss at Fenway. But after standing at home plate for a moment, Soto noticed the ball wouldn&#8217;t clear the 37-foot-high Green Monster and consequently managed only a single.<\/p>\n<p>Although he would go on to steal second, effectively making up for his mistake, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza wasn&#8217;t looking to turn the page after Monday&#8217;s loss.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We&#8217;ll talk to him about it,&#8217; Mendoza told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>To be fair, the wind was blowing in from left on Monday at Fenway, but Mendoza wasn&#8217;t ready to make excuses for his biggest star.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Carlos Mendoza says the Mets will talk to Juan Soto about running out of the box<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He thought he had it. In this ballpark with that wall right there, you gotta get out of the box. We&#8217;ll discuss that&#8221; pic.twitter.com\/2rDuWGRMA4<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/SNYtv\/status\/1924641306673905966?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1924641306673905966%7Ctwgr%5E463d18242b6ca51b57a30d893403466520741f0d%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fmlb%2Farticle-14731871%2FJuan-Soto-New-York-Mets-manager-Boston-Red-Sox.html<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Juan Soto is seen watching what he thought was a home run before it turned into a single<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Soto, 26, has seen his batting average and bat speed dip since signing with the Mets<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8216;Tonight, obviously, if someone gets a hold of one and knows when he gets it, it&#8217;s Juan,&#8217; Mendoza continued. &#8216;He thought he had it. With the wind and all that, in this ballpark \u2013 anywhere, in any one, but particularly in this one with that wall right there \u2013 you&#8217;ve got to get out of the box.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Soto&#8217;s 1-for-4 performance on Monday followed his dreadful 1-for-10 showing as the Mets dropped two of three games to the Yankees in the Bronx over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Soto disagreed with the suggestion he failed to hustle out of the box against the Yankees and Red Sox.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think I&#8217;ve been hustling pretty hard,&#8217; he said. &#8216;If you see it today, you could tell&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Not only was Soto booed throughout last weekend&#8217;s series, but he also skipped out on an in-game ESPN interview that had previously been announced. Then he skirted Sunday&#8217;s post-game media availability entirely.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Juan Soto was asked about not hustling out of the box last night vs. the Yankees and tonight vs. the Red Sox<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think I&#8217;ve been hustling pretty hard. If you see it today, you could tell&#8221; pic.twitter.com\/vOmQivgtZR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/SNYtv\/status\/1924643703840244138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1924643703840244138%7Ctwgr%5E463d18242b6ca51b57a30d893403466520741f0d%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fmlb%2Farticle-14731871%2FJuan-Soto-New-York-Mets-manager-Boston-Red-Sox.html<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to beat writers, Soto told reporters he&#8217;d take questions shortly after seeing family members outside of the Mets locker room, only to leave the clubhouse for the rest of the evening.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;These are troubling signs for the Mets&#8217; hierarchy,&#8217; NJ.com&#8217;s Bob Klapisch wrote. &#8216;I&#8217;m told they&#8217;re concerned about Soto&#8217;s lack of enthusiasm for his new team.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Soto was also caught dogging it down the first base line on Sunday in the Bronx, sparking anger among some fans.<\/p>\n<p>With Sunday night&#8217;s game level at 2-2 at the top of the eighth, Soto drilled a ball up the middle that was stabbed by second baseman DJ LeMahieu.<\/p>\n<p>As LeMahieu relayed the ball to first, Soto still wasn&#8217;t halfway down the line.<\/p>\n<p>In the bottom of the eighth, Cody Bellinger &#8211; who the Yankees traded for after Soto left &#8211; hit a Grand Slam to lead New York to victory.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Juan Soto obviously should have hustled here. Not sure what he was thinking,&#8217; Mets writer Ben Yoel wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>Soto\u2019s batting average and bat speed have both dipped in 2025, but his .376 on-base percentage remains strong, even if it\u2019s 43 points below the impressive mark he put up in his lone season with the Yankees last year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 15-year, $765 million deal Juan Soto signed with the New York Mets may not be quite enough to compel a consistent effort from the 26-year-old slugger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":63166,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[73,28,23,1045,26,29],"class_list":["post-63164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-dailymail","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-mets","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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