{"id":492003,"date":"2026-02-22T12:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T12:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/492003\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T12:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T12:20:10","slug":"mets-juan-soto-reveals-why-everything-is-different-for-him-in-2026-mlb-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/492003\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets’ Juan Soto reveals why everything is different for him in 2026 MLB season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Juan Soto is smiling.<\/p>\n

During one at bat in Saturday’s Spring Training game, back-to-back pitches came up and in on the New York Mets<\/a>‘ superstar. He had a few laughs, smiled, and maintained a running dialogue with the Marlins’ catcher.<\/p>\n

Clearly, he’s playing free.<\/p>\n

It’s not the same way Soto felt a year ago at this time. Last spring was his first on his Mets mega contract. That comes with all sorts of pressure.<\/p>\n

This time around, even with a ton of new faces around him, Soto feels right at home. This is the place he’s used to now. The uniform, the manager, the pressure — it’s now all familiar.<\/p>\n

It also helped Soto simply prepare for the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like last year\u2019s offseason was kind of tough,” he told SNY<\/a>. “I was going through a lot of ups and downs. Traveling a lot. Moving everywhere. Getting phone calls. Stopping workouts in the middle. It just wasn\u2019t my best workouts. This year, I could work a little harder and have a little more fun with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Soto’s 2025 season got off to a really rough start.<\/p>\n

By the end of it, though, he had put together another one of his prodigious seasons that has him on track to be a Hall of Famer if he keeps it up.<\/p>\n

He was even stealing bases more than he ever has before. He was about as complete a player as he could possibly be.<\/p>\n

This season, there’s really just one change for Soto. He’s moving from right field to left field.<\/p>\n

As a whole, though, the biggest change for Soto is that there’s a lot less change. And he’s appreciative of that<\/p>\n

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