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Steve Cohen isn\u2019t fretting over Juan Soto\u2019s slow start to his Mets tenure, saying on Monday that \u201cI\u2019m not worried about Juan\u201d while praising other things the $765 million man has been doing at the plate thus far.<\/p>\n
Soto\u2019s lack of power through the first full month of the season has caught some people\u2019s attention after the Mets signed him to a massive contract this past winter. <\/p>\n
Soto, who went 2-for-4 in the 19-5 win over the Nationals on Monday, has just three home runs on the season and hadn\u2019t knocked a ball out of the park since April 15.<\/p>\n
But Cohen, who spoke with The Post\u2019s Jon Heyman and Joel Sherman on the latest episode of \u201cThe Show\u201d that was published on Monday, spoke highly of the \u201csubtle\u201d things that Soto has done at the plate that have helped the Mets.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe way that he works a count, makes pitchers throw extra pitches really matters. Then he gets on base, and then Pete [Alonso] can drive him in. And so Pete\u2019s seen better pitches,\u201d Cohen said. \u201cIt\u2019s very subtle how that works and you just can\u2019t just look at it in a very narrow sense. And saying that, listen, I\u2019m not worried about Juan.<\/p>\n
\u201cI mean, he is singularly focused on baseball, he\u2019s a pure hitter and let\u2019s have this discussion at the end of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Soto was hitting .248\/.374\/.396 with a .770 OPS going into Monday, but was coming off a weekend where he had a pair of hits on Sunday and Friday against the Nats and reached base four times in Sunday\u2019s 8-7 loss.<\/p>\n
Even with Soto\u2019s slow start, the Mets have come out of the gate red-hot this season with an MLB-best 20-9 record and winning nine of their past 11 games. And, as of Monday, the 1986 Mets were only two games better than this year\u2019s version of the Amazin\u2019s at the same point of the season.<\/p>\n
However, throughout Mets history, sustained success has been hard to come by \u2014 they have only made the postseason in consecutive years twice in franchise history \u2014 and has led to a cautious attitude from Mets fans.<\/p>\n
Cohen understood the history that Mets fans carry with them, but in a firm tone, he said that the past was something he \u201ccouldn\u2019t care less about.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s irrelevant to me. It means nothing, OK,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is a new regime, a new management, new beliefs in how we operate, and I like the direction we\u2019re going in. And a lot of great people in this organization. We still have a ways to go to continue building the infrastructure. Doesn\u2019t happen just in a couple of years, but we\u2019re definitely making progress and I think you\u2019re seeing it.\u201d<\/p>\n
It would seem any part of sustained success for the Mets will include Alonso, who will be a free agent after this season and has started off the 2025 season as hot as the team, hitting .333\/.451\/.646.<\/p>\n
Cohen told Sherman and Heyman that Alonso would explore the market at the end of the year, which he said he was \u201csupportive of,\u201d and that the ballclub would \u201csee where it goes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a great Met, and I said this last year, if we can work it out, we\u2019ll work it out, but he\u2019s going to go explore his market, and you know that\u2019s his right,\u201d the Mets owner said. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to know how those things work out. I know we\u2019re happy with him. I believe he\u2019s happy to be a Met and that\u2019s a good place to start in any future discussions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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