Juan Soto DVOA, Advanced Stats, & Fantasy Rankings

New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said he plans to speak to superstar outfielder Juan Soto about his lack of hustle after Soto was held to a single in Monday's game against the Boston Red Sox on a ball that hit high off Fenway Park's Green Monster in a 3-1 loss. Soto thought the ball he hit was a home run, slowly jogging to first base before realizing the ball didn't leave the park and being held to a single. "I think I've been hustling pretty hard. If you saw it today, you could tell," Soto said. The 26-year-old also jogged slowly out of the box in Sunday's 8-2 loss to the Yankees on a ball up the middle in which he was thrown out by multiple steps. He's currently slashing .246/.376/.439 with eight homers and six steals in the first year of a 15-year, $765 million contract. Soto's on-base percentage, slugging and OPS are all the lowest marks of his career going into Tuesday's action.

New York Mets outfielder Juan Soto will get his first day off of the season on Wednesday against the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates with a left-hander on the mound. Jose Azocar will replace him in right field and will bat ninth against Pirates left-hander Bailey Falter. Given all the expectations surrounding Soto, the 26-year-old Dominican has been a disappointment from a fantasy standpoint with a .255 average (40-for-157), but he still has a .380 on-base percentage and .845 OPS in 192 plate appearances, adding eight home runs, 20 RBI and 31 runs scored. He's been heating up of late, too, going 13-for-45 (.289) with five home runs, two doubles, an RBI and 10 runs scored in 12 games in the month of May. Azocar has five hits in his first 17 at-bats with the Mets this year but will be a low-upside DFS option in the nine-hole for the Mets against a pitcher he has never faced.

New York Mets outfielder Juan Soto came up clutch for his team during Wednesday's game against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Soto was quiet in the game until he blasted a solo home run off right-hander Merrill Kelly in the sixth inning. It was a 427-foot blast that would give the Mets the lead in this contest. Soto wasn't done as he connected again for a home run off lefty Jalen Beeks in the eighth inning. Soto finished the game 2-for-4 with two homers and three RBI in the win. Soto got off to an average start to the season, but has been hot with the bat over the last week. Fantasy managers are finally getting the results they expected out of Soto.