There isn’t much controversy over who’s the most impactful acquisition/pickup/hiring over the past year. It has to be Juan Soto.

It took only two games for Juan Soto to crank his first home run in a New York Mets jersey. With a blast that bounced off the upper-deck in right field, the Soto era in Queens has officially begun. Statcast had this one with a 107.

Soto and the Yankees fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series due largely to the play of veteran first baseman Freddie Freeman, who was named World Series MVP after hitting .300 with four home runs and 12 RBI in the Fall Classic.

Soto’s 390-foot shot came a day after he struck out on a full-count slider from closer Josh Hader with two on and two out in a 3-1 opening-day loss. Before that, Soto singled and walked twice Thursday in his Mets debut.

Juan Soto homered for the first time this season and Tylor Megill tossed five solid innings in the Mets' 3-1 win over Astros Clues emerge about how Carlos Mendoza will manage Mets’ early-season roster Megill and Edwin Diaz were "attacking" the Astros in New York's fine pitching display Mets Notes: When Jose Siri could start,

The Mets couldn't replicate their past success on Opening Day, and it resulted in a sour start to the Juan Soto era in Queens.

Framber Valdez pitched seven scoreless innings and Josh Hader struck out Juan Soto with two on to save the Houston Astros’ 3-1 win over the New York Mets

Juan Soto finds an opening and records a single in his first regular-season at-bat with the Mets.