Juan Soto agrees with his critics

Juan Soto is on fire these days, posting a .375 batting average with an impressive 1.489 OPS, four home runs and thirteen runs scored in his last seven games. If we enlarge the sample, the star slugger has an OPS of 1.050 with eleven long balls and 28 runs produced in his last 30 duels.

This recent run of success has made many forget Soto's slow offensive start to the 2025 season, when many people wondered why the New York Mets had given him the most lucrative contract in sports history, a fifteen-year pact worth $765 million.

While many have forgotten about his slow departure, the man himself is not backing down. Indeed, in an article by Jon Heyman of the New York Post, Soto is quoted as saying that he agrees with people who have questioned whether he did enough to live up to the contract he was given.

While he's made it clear that he's not playing badly, he also believes he can do more for his team.

One thing's for sure, Soto is capable of facing the music, probably due to the fact that he spent one season with the New York Yankees in 2024 and produced at an MVP-caliber level, including his playoff performances when American League MVP Aaron Judge was crumbling at the time.

In fact, Soto seems to welcome any criticism directed his way. If he can carry this momentum into October and lead the Mets deep into the playoffs as he did with the Yankees last year, the critics will be few and far between.

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