Garrett Crochet likes to save his best for the best hitters in baseball. He needed just 10 pitches to strike out Juan Soto three times Wednesday.

MLB’s highest paid player is having trouble adjusting to that title, according to his agent Scott Boras. But Soto also has evident mechanical issues.

The New York Mets snapped a losing streak against the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday to join the handful of teams that have reached the 30-win mark. Despite some controversy surrounding Juan Soto, the Mets have enjoyed a strong start to the season after a Cinderella playoff run last year followed by a blockbuster offseason.

It’s as loud as it’s ever been around Juan Soto. Over the past five days, Soto’s not-quite-right start to his first season with the New York Mets has been placed under the microscope with the zoom amplified.

Soto, who spurned the Yankees for the Mets on a $765 million deal in the offseason, was the subject of a lot of reporting over the past few days, including NJ Advance Media’s Bob Klapisch, who said that Mets officials were “concerned about Soto’s lack of enthusiasm for his new team.”

Juan Soto is feeling the heat, but the Mets superstar outfielder fired back at critics who accused him of not running hard during their loss in Boston on Monday.

A day after saying he would address Juan Soto’s effort level with the star right fielder, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza declined to divulge the nature of that meeting or even whether it had taken place.

The Juan Soto conversation has reached the point of ridiculousness. Nonstop gossip and millions of eyeballs on you at all times are part of the deal when you si