Mets’ Juan Soto wasn’t in touch with team while on IL despite losing streak
NEW YORK — Juan Soto did little to dispel the notion that the New York Mets are lacking clubhouse chemistry. The club activated the star slugger from the injured list on Wednesday, hoping he can provide the offensive spark the team desperately needs after 12 straight losses. But the Mets can’t look at Soto — or any one player, for that matter — as the savior.
To snap this streak and rewrite the narrative of the season, the Mets will have to save themselves. “I can’t put all the pressure on him,” manager Carlos Mendoza said Wednesday at Citi Field. "Especially with this stretch that we’re in right now.
” While Soto might be the focal point of the offense, there are eight other guys in the lineup. None of them can produce offensively right now. A dire lack of offense has completely hamstrung the Mets over the last two weeks, forcing them to shake up the lineup almost daily and placing enormous pressure on the pitching staff.
Soto offered very little in terms of any analysis or observations of what he’s seen from the team in his 15-game absence. “We haven’t won any games,” he said. No kidding.
Soto said he has not been in touch with the team much since he strained his calf in San Francisco on April 3. The Mets went on to win after he left the game against the Giants in the first inning, and then won their next three without him. They haven’t won since.
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