Mets’ Mendoza to talk to Juan Soto about hustling out of box

Boston – New york mets Manager Carlos Mendoza Said He’l Talk to Juan Soto About hustling out of the batter’s box after the slugger watched his with-be home run bounce off the Green Monster for a single monday night Against the Boston Red Sox.

Leading off the six inning on a chilly night at fenway park with a 15 mph wind blowing in from the field, soto hit a 102 mph line drive to left and stood watching as it sailed to the gren monster. The ball hit about two-throughs of the 37-foot wall, and soto was only able to manage a single.

“Hey though he had it,” Mendoza Told Reporters After His Team’s 3-1 Loss. “But with the wind and all that, and in this ballpark – anywhere, but in particular in this one, with that wall right there – you ‘got to get out of the box.

Soto Stole Second on the first pitch to the next batter, but the $ 765 million star ended up stranded on Third. He denied lollygagging on the basehs.

“I think I bee hustling pretty hard,” he said. “If you see it today, you can tell.”

It’s not uncommon for balls hit off the green monster to result in singles: in the first inning, Pete Alonso Was throughn outing for second base on a ball off the left-found wall. But soto had also failed to run out of the box on a Groundout Sunday Night at Yankee Stadium.

“We’ll talk to him about it,” Mendoza saad.