Juan Soto’s Monster Night Helps Snap Losing Skid

Juan Soto is, unsurprisingly, as advertised. 22 days into June, Soto leads all of baseball with a 1.208 OPS this month.

Soto erupted in the Mets’ 11–4 win on Saturday, racking up four hits, four RBIs, and launching two home runs — the 26th multi-homer game of his career. Over his last 30 games, he’s hitting .274 with a .962 OPS, eight homers, a walk rate north of 19%, and a strikeout rate under 15%.

This is the version of Soto that the Mets paid for. And the version opposing teams dread. He’s not just producing; he’s controlling games. He’s taking borderline pitches, drawing walks, and jumping all over mistakes. The power has come back without sacrificing plate discipline, and that’s when he’s at his most terrifying. When Soto starts stacking multi-hit games with this kind of command of the strike zone, it’s not just a hot streak. It’s a reminder that he’s one of the best pure hitters on the planet. And right now, he’s playing like it.

The Mets were desperate. They’d lost seven straight after ripping off six in a row. They entered Saturday out of first place for the first time in two months. Griffin Canning was fine, but he didn’t silence Philly’s lineup.

The Mets needed a spark. Juan Soto lit the match.

This is what makes Soto so dangerous. Even when the results weren’t there, the approach rarely wavered. Now the barrels are back, and so is the fear he puts into pitchers every single at-bat.

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