Juan Soto added to his career-best stolen base complete in Friday evening’s loss to the Giants when he simply swiped second base with ex-teammate Jose Buttó on the mound.
Soto had such a superb leap, there wasn’t even a play at second, with Soto stepping into standing up.
Soto ended up being stranded at second, because the Mets’ points with runners in scoring place have continued, nevertheless it was one other instance of this new facet of the outfielder’s recreation — and a considerably surprising one in his eighth main league season.
Soto entered Sunday having swiped 16 bases in 17 makes an attempt after by no means stealing greater than a dozen in a 12 months.
