It’s one thing for Juan Soto’s numbers to be substandard in mid-May. It’s another for him to not bust it out of the box after signing the biggest contract in sports history.

Many within a sellout crowd of 47,510 — and particularly in the ever-lively sections 203 and 204 — again booed, heckled and jeered Juan Soto throughout the Mets’ 3-2 win, just as they did in

With the game tied 2-2, the Yankees loaded the bases after two outs in the eighth inning on a double and two walks, but Mets reliever Reed Garrett escaped when DJ LeMahieu hit a rope right at Soto in right field.