WAR 87th place shocking ranking, Soto's excuse can do a lot better than now. Look at the last day of the season
Apr 23, 2025
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Soto signed a 15-year, $765 million FA contract last winter and left the New York Yankees to wear a local rival New York Mets uniform. The Yankees also went to the final stage of the negotiations, but missed Soto because they offered $760 million (about 1.933 trillion won) in 16 years and were behind the Mets in detailed conditions.
There were about 20 clubs interested in Soto, and it was eight big market teams that exchanged actual conditions. In other words, there were many teams that wanted Soto.
However, it is no exaggeration to say that Soto is struggling early in the season. It's not your usual skills.
As of the 22nd (Korea time), he has played in all 23 games with a batting average of 0.244 (20 hits in 82 times at bat), three home runs, 12 RBIs, 16 runs, 17 walks, 15 strikeouts, and an on-base percentage of 0.370 and a batting average of 0.415, OPS of 0.785.
He ranks 48th in batting average and 36th in OPS among 88 players who have surpassed the regular at-bats in the NL. Soto's strength is that it has both accuracy and power. However, the home run and the batting average are not like Soto. At least 'exclusive' walk is a cinch if he is tied for fifth place in the NL. He constantly hits, but he doesn't feel explosive at all.
bWAR is outside the top 40 in the NL at 0.8, and fWAR is 87th at 0.4. It is a shocking ranking that does not fit Soto. Soto's OPS, which debuted in 2018, was the lowest at 0.853 in 2022.
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Shohei Ohtani, who signed a 10-year, $700 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers just a year ago and became the first player in sports history to pay $700 million, also hit .359 with four home runs, 11 RBIs, 17 points and 1.049 OPS in the first 23 games of last season, his first year joining the Dodgers. In the case of Ohtani, 97% of the total amount was to be shared for 10 years after the end of the contract period, but Soto receives all $765 million in a set period. The total amount of Ohtani's contract is only $460 million at present value. There is a big difference from that of Soto.
For this reason, the view toward Soto, who cannot do his part in the first year of the contract, is cold.
What does Soto have in mind.
After going 0-for-4 against the Philadelphia Phillies on the 22nd, Soto said in an interview with local media NJ.com about his poor batting performance at the beginning of the season, `We are working on adapting to the rhythm and adjusting the timing. I haven't reached the level I want yet, but I feel like I'm getting a little better every day"
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Soto can do much better than he has done so farThe numbers at the end of the season will tell you. We have to wait and see until the end."
He says he is not worried about Soto, but as he said, he will watch the season.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.