In the top of the sixth inning on Monday night, Mets superstar Juan Soto thought he’d put a ball over the Green Monster and stopped to admire his work.
However, on a windy night at Fenway Park, the ball didn’t get out.
As Soto loafed out of the batter’s box, the ball caught the top of the wall, and he was left with a long single. After the 3-1 Mets loss to the Red Sox, New York’s manager Carlos Mendoza wasn’t pleased.
“He thought he had it,” Mendoza told reporters. “But with the wind and all that, and in this ballpark — anywhere, but in particular in this one, with that wall right there — you’ve got to get out of the box. So, yeah, we’ll discuss that.”
For what it’s worth, Soto mitigated the mistake by stealing second. It should have been a double and he ultimately wound up on second base.
After the loss, he pushed back on any notion that he hasn’t been going full speed often enough.
“I think I’ve been hustling pretty hard,” Soto told reporters. “If you see it today, you can tell.”
Soto is in the first season of a 15-year, $765 million contract with the Mets. Through 47 games, he’s batting .246 with 8 home runs, 20 RBIs, and an .815 OPS.
