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.

While New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza called out star Juan Soto for his lack of hustle earlier this week, he also recognized that Soto wants nothing more than to win.

It’s a strange feeling watching a player like Juan Soto look… off. Not bad. Just off. Like something is quietly […]

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.

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.

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

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.