A day after saying he would talk to Juan Soto about his lack of hustle, manage Carlos Mendoza believes there shouldn't be any concerns about the superstar.

Mets manager Carlos Mendoza wouldn’t get into specifics on any conversion he had with slugger Juan Soto after a lack of hustle left him with a single rather than extra bases in New York’s series opener at Boston.

Mendoza attributed Soto’s postgame comments Monday to “frustration.”

New York Mets right fielder Juan Soto failed to hustle out a ball off the Green Monster in their Monday night loss to the Boston Red Sox, holding himself to a 347-foot single. This is the second time Soto's effort and hustle have been questioned in as many days.

But the attention on him got ratcheted up over the weekend when he returned to Yankee Stadium and heard all kinds of things yelled at him by Pinstripes fans. There were also questions about his hustle that popped up there and on Monday when he stared down a ball he thought was a home run and had to settle for a single.

Yankees skipper Aaron Boone presented Juan Soto, Clay Holmes, and Desi Druschel, his former assistant pitching coach, with their 2024 ALCS rings this past weekend.

Two major MLB analysts believe Juan Soto is at fault for making something into a story by not taking accountability.

The New York Mets locked up former Yankees outfielder Juan Soto with a 15-year, $765 million contract this past offseason, giving the team a bona fide front line hitter with a superstar's charisma to aid their quest for their first World Series title since 1986.