177.3km → 178.5km → 170.1km invested in 1 trillion won to see this, and the opponent who will fight the Soto Yeontaseok cannon
May 08, 2025
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New York Mets Juan Soto led the team to victory with two home runs.
Soto played as the second right fielder in an away game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on the 8th (Korea time) and led the team to a 7-1 victory by swinging two hits, three RBIs and two runs from four times at bat, including two home runs. With Soto at the forefront, the Mets marked 24 wins and 14 losses and led the NL East with a winning series of 2 wins and 1 loss.
Soto, who signed a 15-year, $765 million (about 1.715 trillion won) FA contract last winter, the largest in sports history, and moved to the Mets, is finally showing his prowess worthy of the ransom.
On this day, Soto hit a ball of phenomenal speed in three of five at-bats. In his first at-bat in the top of the first inning, he hit Arizona starter Merrill Kelly's 93-mile outer cutter and hit a 110.2-mile (177.3km) line drive toward center field. Center fielder Alec Thomas moved slightly to the right and caught it.
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He also hit a home run in the eighth inning with a 3-0 lead. On one strike, left-hander Jaylen Biggs pushed a high cutter 85.2 miles outside of the second pitch to slightly over the left fence. The ball, which flew at a height of 24 degrees and at a speed of 105.7 miles (170.1 kilometers), hit 380 feet over the left fence. It was a cannon that widened the score gap to 4-0.
About Soto's home run "I thought it would definitely go over the left field key with a pretty good shot. I thought it was powerful enough to go over the fence"Even when I was sluggish, I was thinking the same thing." I'm watching the ball well, and I make good decisions. Now, he is hitting the ball and hitting long balls," he said, expressing confidence.
Soto's bat was also powerful in his last at-bat. With a 6-1 lead, he hit a sacrifice fly to the left of the third base with one out in the ninth inning to bring Francisco Lindor home and seal the game. In the full count, left-hander Jose Castillo's 8th pitch, 93.2 miles outside fastball, floated into the left-center outfield.
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The multi-homer game is the 25th of its kind. He is tied for second place in this category with Mel Haute, Eddie Matthews and Alex Rodriguez among all under-27 hitters. With only one difference from Jimmy Fox's 26, Soto will not be 27 until October, so he can be ranked first.
In May, the sense of hitting has been on a steady rise. He had a batting average of 0.346 (9 hits in 26 at-bats), four homers, five RBIs, eight runs scored, and an OPS of 1.340, in seven games in May. His batting average, which was 0.241 until the end of April, rose to 0.261 (36 hits in 138 at-bats), and his OPS also rose vertically from 0.752 to 0.863. He marked seven home runs, 17 RBIs, 29 points, 29 walks, 24 strikeouts, an on-base percentage of 0.385 and a slugging percentage of 0.478. It's quite a Soto-like figure now.
Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said "In the last two weeks, Soto has consistently shown good batting every day. It's nice that he's finally coming out with a good result. Today, the middle fence turned over to the far side, and the left fence also turned over. It was very impressive" he evaluated.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
