DETROIT — This is why you pay a guy $765 million.

Juan Soto took the Mets on his back on Monday, hitting a go-ahead grand slam and — after the Mets led that lead get away — adding a tiebreaking two-run triple.

This time the Mets held on to their Soto-built lead and went on to a 10-8 victory over the Tigers at Comerica Park.

“It’s pretty impressive,” manager Carlos Mendoza said. “I don’t think anybody’s surprised by it, but when you see it day in and day out for a long period of time, this guy can put a team [on his back] and carry [it], and that’s what he’s doing.”

Soto struggled with runners in scoring position for the first four months of his Mets career. Since Aug. 1, he’s 11-for-26 (.423) with three home runs and a 1.446 OPS in those situations.

“This is the moment,” Soto said.

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