Across 90 games, Soto has earned a .263 batting average and a .904 OPS. He has also hit 21 home runs, collected 51 RBIs, and drawn 72 walks. These marks are nothing to sneer at, but they are not the typical All-Star statistics that fans and pundits have come to expect from the Santo Domingo native.

With two runners on, right fielder Juan Soto stepped to the plate with an opportunity to open things up early for the Mets. Instead, the slugger, who’s batting .342 (39-for-114) with 13 home runs and 26 RBIs in his last 34 games, laid down a sacrifice bunt.