Juan Soto's first Mets at-Bat couldn't be any better.
The $765 million outfielder batting second in the Mets' spring training opener is two from Colton Gordon in the left heart of the Astros on the field wall in the left center for solo homer at Port St. Lucie on Saturday afternoon -1 offering has been crushed.
I moved 426 feet at 106.2 mph. This is an impressive shot from his debut in blue and orange.
Mets By-By-By-By-By-By-Cohen said in SNY “I paid my first down payment on the next car.”
In his second at-bat, he loaded the base and stepped up, running with the fielders choosing to move the Mets to 3-0 in two innings.
Soto is a free agency award and has multiple teams in the mix, so the Mets went on top after bolting the Yankees on a 15-year contract.
He said earlier this week that he's used to the different vibes New York has to offer after playing one season in the Bronx, and that since 2009 he's helped the Yankees reach their first World Series. .
“[New York] It's a different vibe,” Soto said. “You have a lot of eyes. You're part of the city, so you have so many teams that you want to come and beat you. Broadway and everything, everyone comes and New York I want to beat the team of.
After hitting a career-high 41 homer last year, Soto started this year — admitting it's still an exhibition season —
