The New York Mets fell 11-8 to the Miami Marlins on Saturday at Citi Field, but Juan Soto’s performance once again placed him alongside some of baseball’s greatest names.

Signed this past winter to a record 15-year, $765 million contract, Soto entered 2025 carrying enormous expectations. After a slow start, he has found his rhythm in the second half of the season, and Saturday’s effort showed why he remains one of the game’s elite hitters.

Trailing 8-5 in the fourth inning, Soto launched a solo home run, his 34th of the year and second in as many games. The blast tied him with Mickey Mantle and Jimmie Foxx for the most games in MLB history with at least one homer and one walk before turning 27, per Anthony DiComo of MLB.com.

Two innings later, Soto erased the deficit with a two-

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