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Juan Soto has reached some rarefied statistical air in his first season with the Mets.

The $765 million slugger became the first player in team history to compile at least 40 home runs and 30 stolen bases in a single season with his solo blast in the seventh inning Saturday, but the feat became more of a footnote as the Mets bullpen flushed another late lead for their eighth straight loss, 3-2 to the Rangers at Citi Field .

“It’s great. … It’s really impressive,” Soto said, “but we have bigger things out there in front of us that we have to go out there and get it.”

Howard Johnson had managed 41 s

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