Awakening that was more expensive than Ohtani, which was worth 1 trillion won? I'm on the verge of reaching 4040 for the first time in my life...No. 1 in annual salary → Is it the fault of those who couldn't afford fall baseball?
Sep 23, 2025
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New York Mets Juan Soto (27) is spending a year of 'awakening' beyond a major explosion.
As of the 23rd (Korea time), Soto has a batting average of 267, 42 homers and 104 RBIs, and an OPS (on-base plus slugging percentage) of 0.933. The home run has already broken the career record.
Compared to last year, the batting average fell by about 20 percent, and the on-base percentage decreased just that much. His slugging percentage is not as high as last year's.
Instead, the number of stolen bases increased. Before this season, he had only 12 stolen bases in a season.
This year, there are as many as 35. Perhaps the contract, which was more expensive than Shohei Ohtani (LA Dodgers) in terms of total amount, caused the player to awaken. The success rate is also 89.7% (35/39). It is an unorthodox record, with a career steal success rate of only 71.3% (57/80) until last year.
If he adds five stolen bases in the remaining six games, he can reach the milestone of his first 40 (homerun)-40 (homerun) and 40 (homerun) in his career.
However, the batting has been up and down this year. When it bursts, it surpasses the monthly OPS 1.1, but when it is sluggish, it falls to 0.7.
In April and May, the batting average remained in the early 20% range and was sluggish, but the burning in June quelled the question. He hit a batting average of .322 with 11 home runs and an OPS of 1.196 for a month.
It suffered a severe slump again in July, but it has been burning white as it comes to August-September. In particular, in September, he is swinging a fire bat with a monthly batting average of 351, seven home runs, and an OPS of 1.153.
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The problem is the lackluster performance of his team, the New York Mets. The Mets play three games each with the Chicago Cubs and My Mammy Marlins, and the regular season ends.
The Mets have been investing heavily for five years since the acquisition of 'Abu'Steve Cohen in 2020. At the time of the acquisition, Cohen declared 'Winning within 5 years'
The Mets' total annual salary this year is $323.9 million, which is by far the number one among the 30 major league teams. It is more than the Dodgers (321.28 million dollars), the only team with Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto that exceeded 300 million dollars with the Mets.
However, they are losing ground in the playoff race. It is 12 games away from the Philadelphia Phillies, who are ranked first in the East Division of the National League.
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The Mets entered the fall 2022 and 2024 baseball seasons, but only wild cards on both occasions. He is aiming for the wild card series again this year. However, he is third behind the Chicago Cubs and San Diego Padres. Even so, it is tied with the Cincinnati Reds, whose total annual salary is only one-third, but they are also eliminated in the tie due to their relative record (2 wins and 4 losses). The pursuit of the Arizona Diamondbacks, who are trailing by one game, is also scary.
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Soto's ransom is just an expectation of the individual player's performance. The team's performance is up to the front desk running the team and the manager in charge of the in-game. Even if the Mets don't make it to the fall stage, they get frustrated in another wild-card series It's hard to say that it's Soto's fault.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
