“Soto is a great team player. He worries about having good at-bats for the team,” Lindor told NJ Advance Media. “The truth is that nobody took what he said in any negative way. He’s one of the best players in the game, and all he wants to do is win games.

Juan Soto entered the New York Mets ' game against the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night mired in an uncharacteristic slump. The star outfielder had tallied just three hits over his last 35 plate appearances, dropping his season-long slash line to a very un-Soto-like .225/.368/.408.