SNY booth implores Juan Soto to ‘clean up’ his game after latest lazy baserunning

The SNY booth did not fto Juan Soto disconnected nan hook.

Gary Cohen nor Keith Hernandez took excessively kindly to Soto’s hustle retired of nan container connected his agelong fly-ball azygous disconnected nan Green Monster successful Monday’s 3-1 nonaccomplishment to nan Red Sox connected Boston — particularly aft a business successful Sunday’s nonaccomplishment to nan Yankees, wherever Soto didn’t tally difficult connected a play successful which galore group thought he could hit retired nan throw. 

“Didn’t tally difficult retired of nan container mightiness person costs himself a base,” Gary Cohen said during Monday’s broadcast of nan play nan erstwhile night, earlier turning nan attraction onto nan existent situation. 

Mets correct fielder Juan Soto (22) hits a azygous against nan Boston Red Sox during nan sixth inning. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect

“He and [Pete] Alonso some person been blameworthy of reasoning that nan shot was going retired to near section and not moving difficult to first base,” Cohen said. “Alonso sewage thrown retired astatine 2nd and Soto hardly sewage to first.” 

Just earlier Cohen made that comment, Keith Hernandez said that “he’s played present enough” to cognize that he didn’t get capable of nan shot for it to beryllium a location run. 

Soto did scope 2nd guidelines connected a stolen base, which Cohen joked was because “he knew he was expected to beryllium connected second.” 

“But it is portion of a larger shape pinch Soto,” Cohen added. “He’s not moving difficult each nan clip and this is thing he really needs to cleanable up.” 

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Soto has been facing greater scrutiny since nan extremity of nan weekend’s Subway Series series, aft he was much aliases little a non-factor successful his first travel backmost to nan Bronx aft leaving successful nan offseason for nan Mets. 

Soto had a locomotion and a stolen guidelines to commencement nan bid before going 1-for-10 done nan remainder of nan three-game set. 

Juan Soto #22 of nan New York Mets reacts aft he grounds retired successful nan eighth inning astatine Yankee Stadium, Sunday, May 18, 2025. Corey Sipkin for nan NY POST

To adhd to that, Soto drew nan ire of Mets fans when he was seen very blatantly not moving difficult connected nan eighth-inning deed that could person helped alteration nan people of nan 8-2 nonaccomplishment to nan Yankees. 

The crippled was tied astatine 2 astatine nan time.