Of the 37 pitches thrown so far to Juan Soto, 26 have been outside the strike zone with eight of them low and away and nine high and inside. That shows the respect pitchers have for Soto’s bat.

Of those 17 pitches, Soto swung at and missed just one. Unfortunately, that was the strikeout pitch that Josh Hader threw in the ninth inning of the Mets opening game.

In 2024 with the Yankees, Soto’s OBP against sliders was .344. That was the 16th highest OBP on Baseball Savant among all batters who had been thrown at least 400 sliders. The best in MLB was Aaron Judge (.416) and on the Mets — J. D. Martinez (.299). Pete Alonso’s OBP on sliders was just .214, sixth lowest, while the MLB average OBP was .276.

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All the data is from Baseball Savant.