It's not a surprise to anyone who has followed baseball over the last seven years, but Juan Soto's slow start hasn't lingered into May. There was plenty of hand-wringing about Soto's lackluster first month in a New York Mets uniform,

Juan Soto is starting to look right at home in New York – and he’s giving a lot of that credit to Carlos Mendoza. On Wednesday, the Mets cruised to a 7-1 win over the Diamondbacks, thanks in large part to Soto’s explosive performance.

Juan Soto is in the midst of a seven-game stretch in which he’s gone 9-for-26 with six extra-base hits and six walks in his last 33 plate appearances.