The right fielder was 5-for-10 in his previous three games against the St. Louis Cardinals, including a two-run double that gave the Mets a 5-3 lead in Sunday’s win. Mets manager Carlos Mendoza pointed to that hit as a “good sign” that Soto was about to break out.

It's no secret that New York Mets slugger Juan Soto is under a lot of pressure to perform for his new squad after signing the biggest contract (15 years and $765 million) in sports history over the offseason.

Soto’s deal came with enormous pressure to maintain the Hall of Fame caliber production he had shown throughout his entire career. Not only that, but the 26-year-old jumped from arguably the biggest brand in MLB, the New York Yankees, to their crosstown rivals, only adding fuel to that fire.