Should the “slow” start of Juan Soto with Mets worry?

The Dominican has been below expectations after three weeks of action, even though Mets live a great moment.

The New York Mets They have started 2025 with a good step, winning 10 of their first 15 commitments of the season, with a contribution that has been generalized by all its players, having multiple heroes along the start of the campaign. Players like Kodai Senga, Pete Alonso and Luis Torrens They have been fundamental in the success of the set, while in different sections other names have put their grain of sand to keep the Mets In competition.

In spite of that, a name that has not been heard with the expected frequency, especially after signatures for 15 years and 765 million dollars has been that of Juan Soto. The right gardener of the Mets He has had about three relatively quiet weeks, although he started the year with his right foot, however, despite being enjoying the benefit of hitting between Francisco Lindor and Pete Alonsoat least for the moment, Soto has not been seen taking advantage of this, especially after 2024 in which during the first month of the season he was the best hitter of his former squad, New York Yankees.

The question is obvious, Should I worry this slow beginning of Soto? The answer is no.

Despite looking like a “slow” start, Soto It maintains some numbers that suggest that it will be a matter of time before it can hit consistently, especially its percentage of embasted (OBP) of .409, slightly lower than its OBP of the career that is .421.

When reviewing the statistics of past seasons, it can be seen that this is not even closely, the worst start of Soto in a year.

For example, in 2023, as a member of San Diego Padresafter 15 games, Soto He hit .189 with PAHO of .754, three home runs and seven towed. While in the 2019 season, in the same number of games and as part of Washington Nationalsbarely hit for .236 with PAHO of .782, two flycards and ten towed.

Out of there, Soto It has had solid beginnings in almost all its campaigns and although 2025 is not the one with the greatest impact, it is not at the level of the years mentioned above. The most important thing is that in each of those years he could adjust. In 2023, for example, Soto He established what until last year was his personal home run with 35 and towed 109 laps.

Seeing the Dominican with average.