NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon Sproat answered a question about Juan Soto with a question.

“What is there not to be impressed about?” Sproat said Friday night of his superstar teammate, after Soto hit his career-high 42nd homer to cap a six-run fourth inning that vaulted the New York Mets to a 12-6 win over the Washington Nationals.

Soto reached the milestone in the first year of his record $765 million contract with the Mets. Last year, he hit 41 homers in his lone season with the crosstown Yankees.

Soto is the 12th player to hit 40 homers in consecutive seasons with different clubs. The group includes Hall of Famers Ken Griffey Jr. and Jim Thome as well as Alex Rodriguez and Shohei Ohtani, the latter of whom hit 44 homers for the Los Angeles Angels in 2023 before going deep 54 times last sea

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