For well over a month now, Soto has been nearly impossible to pitch to. He’s 38-for-111 (.342 batting average) with 13 home runs and 25 RBIs in his last 33 games, winning NL Player of the Month honors for June.

It might've worked, too, as Soto went 1-for-10 over the three games, often looking timid or uncertain in a series the Mets lost two out of three. It was the beginning of a slump that saw the right fielder's batting average fall as low as .224 due to a disappointing month of May.