The New York Yankees and Mets have always been intertwined since they play in the same city, but especially now, given that the latter club poached Juan Soto off the former in free agency.

The bottom line: Even while Mets Twitter wrings its hands, Soto is producing at a rate that’s 37% better than league average. That kind of “struggle” would be a career year for most big leaguers. As Mintz says, “That's why Juan Soto is different. … The struggle, the strife, the worry is about a guy who is 37% better than the average hitter.”