The shock bare face of the most expensive player, the Mets crisis, came from Soto
Aug 13, 2025
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This is the result of Steve Cohen, the richest major league owner, investing heavily over the past three to four years offseason. Juan Soto is a prime example of investment. It was acquired for 15 years and 765 million dollars (about 1.586 trillion won), the largest single contract in global sports history last winter.
However, the Mets faced a crisis in the second half of the year. Until the game against the Milwaukee Brewers on the 11th, they have recently lost seven consecutive games. With 63 wins and 55 losses, it is six games away from the Philadelphia Phillies (69 wins and 49 losses), who are in third place as wild cards, but is trailing the fourth-place Cincinnati Reds (62 wins and 58 losses). Until the end of July, he was leading the East Division, but the gap widened after being upset by Philadelphia in 10 days.
Considering the match against the San Diego Padres on the 29th of last month, it has 1 win and 11 losses in 12 games. During this period, he recorded a team batting average of 0.210, a team OPS of 0.641, and an average score of 3.83. All three figures are well below the season average. During this period, Soto had a batting average of 0.244 (10 hits in 41 at-bats), three homers, five RBIs and five walks. However, he was silent with one hit in nine at-bats in the scoring position.
Although it is difficult to see Soto's batting sense as a slump, it is reasonable to see it as rarely a decisive hit.
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As of the 11th, Soto has a batting average of 0.251 (104 hits in 414 at-bats), 28 homers, 67 RBIs, 82 runs, and an OPS of 0.876. The two leagues are tied for fourth in scoring, seventh in homers, 15 in OPS and 1 in walks.
However, when there was a runner, he hit only 0.181 (33 hits in 182 times at bat), six home runs, and an OPS of 0.651. When he is not, his performance is 0.306 (71 hits in 232 at-bats), 22 homers, and 1.064 OPS. It's too contrasting. I got 42 walks when there was a runner and 47 walks when there was no runner.
He hit .190 (19 hits in 100 at-bats) with five home runs and an OPS of .696. Soto has no home runs with more than three runs this season. There are 22 solo homers and six two-run homers. When there are two or more runners, the batting average is only 0.133 (6 hits in 45 at-bats). It's shocking.
Even considering that the opponent is reluctant to play head-to-head with Soto and throws a lot of inducements when there is a runner, he has no choice but to tilt his head.
Was it the same for the Yankees last year. No.
Soto hit .325 when he had a runner in 2024 and .262 when he did not, and he hit .345 in scoring positions. In terms of career records, he hit 0.286 when there was a runner, 0.277 when there was no runner, and 0.284 in scoring positions. He is particularly weak in chances this season and in a decisive match.
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If the LI is greater than 1, it is divided into 'high leverage', if it is equal to 1, it is divided into 'medium leverage', and if it is less than 1, it is divided into 'low leverage'.
High leverage is in the same situation as the bases loaded with two outs in the eighth inning, trailing by three points. This is because it is possible to tie or reverse depending on the batter's batting, and there is no runner after one out in the second inning, trailing 1-0. No matter how well the batter hits, it is tied and it does not affect the game much because it is early in the game.
Soto batted .211 with 14 homers, 44 RBIs and an OPS of 0.792 in high or medium leverage this season. On the other hand, he hit 0.296 (58 hits in 196 at-bats) with 14 home runs, 23 RBIs and an OPS of 0.970. The difference in OPS is close to 0.200.
These detailed records are Soto's 'No-bare' this year.
ESPN posted a section called 'Top 50 Players Ranking during MLB Season' on the 13th. Yankees Aaron Judge is No. 1, and LA Dodgers Shohei Ohtani is No. 2. Soto is down to 12th, ESPN says 'Is Soto the 12th best player right now? Not necessarily. He hits a lot of home runs and walks a lot, but his batting average is low. In addition, the defense is not good and is badly weak in clutch situations (WAR does not take this into account) ' The record itself looks good, but even such a record overestimates the value Soto provides to the Mets.'
In a word, it means that you can't pay any ransom at all. Ohtani, who boasts the same $700 million ransom, has an OPS of 1.097 when there is a runner this season and 0.968 when there is no runner. Even though it is a leadoff, there are 14 home runs with two or more runs.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
