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\"DeadspinMay 30, 2025; New York City, New York, USA; New York Mets right fielder Juan Soto (22) follows through on an RBI double against the Colorado Rockies during the third inning at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-Imagn Images<\/section>\n
The New York Mets might be witnessing the power of positive thinking when it comes to Juan Soto’s performance.<\/section>\n
The Colorado Rockies can only wish that positivity would be that easy amid the worst start in modern baseball history.<\/section>\n
The Mets will look to lock up a series win Saturday afternoon when they host the Rockies in the middle contest of a three-game set.<\/section>\n
Kodai Senga (5-3, 1.46 ERA) is slated to start for New York against fellow right-hander Antonio Senzatela (1-9, 6.50).<\/section>\n
Francisco Lindor hit two homers and the struggling Soto had an RBI double in the Mets’ 4-2 win on Friday.<\/section>\n
Before the game, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza and general manager David Stearns each expressed confidence in Soto, who signed a 15-year, $765 million deal in December. Soto entered Friday hitless in his last 16 at-bats but finished 2-for-4 in that game.<\/section>\n
“The results haven’t been there, but he’s going to get going,” Mendoza said. “Every day I sit here, you look at the numbers, he’s gong to get going here pretty soon.”<\/section>\n
Soto flied out in his first at-bat Friday before he ended his drought with a well-struck double to score Lindor in the third inning to extend the Mets’ lead to 2-0. Soto’s sixth-inning single gave him two hits in a contest for just the second time in the last 17 games.<\/section>\n

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“Do I think he’s trying to do a little too much right now?” Stearns said. “Yeah, I think he’s probably trying to do a little bit too much right now. And that is natural for a player who cares about improving.”<\/section>\n
Still, Soto is batting just .229 with a .755 OPS — nearly 200 points lower than his career OPS of .942. He also has just eight homers, none since May 9, after setting a career high with 41 last season for the New York Yankees.<\/section>\n
“I know I’ve been struggling and I haven’t been there for them,” Soto said. “But I will be.”<\/section>\n
Ryan McMahon laced an RBI double and Sam Hilliard hit a pinch-hit homer in his first big league at-bat of the season for the Rockies, who lost their sixth straight to fall to 9-48. Colorado is on pace to lose 136 games, which would shatter the modern-era record of 121 losses set last season by the Chicago White Sox.<\/section>\n
The Rockies again were forced to take solace Friday in the narrowness of their loss. Colorado is 2-15 under interim manager Warren Schaeffer, but 10 of the defeats have been by three runs or less.<\/section>\n
“It’s frustrating, but it’s not debilitating,” Schaeffer said. “We know that the tide is going to turn. We just know that. We keep playing like this, not beating ourselves, executing — we definitely did not beat ourselves today.”<\/section>\n
Senga earned the win in his previous start last Sunday night, when he gave up one run over 5 1\/3 innings in the Mets’ 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. He won his lone start against the Rockies on May 5, 2023, when he tossed six scoreless innings in a 1-0 victory.<\/section>\n
Senzatela lost his sixth straight start Sunday after surrendering four runs over 4 1\/3 innings as the Rockies dropped a 5-4 decision to the Yankees. He is 2-3 with a 2.70 ERA in six career games (five starts) against the Mets.<\/section>\n
–Field Level Media<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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