The Mets' fan Soto era is underway.
Soto arrived at the team's facility in Port St. Lucie and joined his teammate on Sunday.
He didn't need to report until Monday.
He saw him chatting with his manager, Carlos Mendoza, before preparing to practice batting.
The Mets ink Soto on a 15-year $765 million contract to beat the Yankees, Blue Jays and many others, winning one of the most competitive sweepstakes in MLB history I did.
“It's going to be electricity,” Mendoza told Post's Steve Selby in an exclusive Q&A. “Looking back at how Citifield was in September, it's definitely an incredible feeling in October. We fed it and that's what we expect, and that's what we're looking forward to. Every day they want to see a full house. It becomes electricity. [not] Just for Soto, but for the really good players we've come in here, whether it's [Francisco] Lindor, whether it's Francisco Alvarez, [Brandon] Nemo, [Jeff] McNeill, you give it a name, so it's going to be exciting. ”
Soto spent last year with the Yankees and was extremely important for his World Series appearances, hitting .288/.419/.569 with .989 OPS, 41 runs and 109 RBI, and hit .327/.469/. I did. 633 with 1.101 OPS, 4 Homer and nine RBIs in the postseason.
He will be part of a lineup of the most incredible Mets including Lindor, Pete Alonso, Nimmo, Mark Vientos and Alvarez.
“I've had a few conversations with him, and I look forward to the daily interactions just with things like what makes him check,” Mendoza told Selby. “It'll take time here to get to know Soto. That's what spring training is all about, so it's seven weeks before the first day. [to] Houston. ”
These seven weeks have officially begun.
