"I mean, you can just ask him."  Yet while his skill set, if you ask him, is audaciously believed to stretch beyond the horizon, the Yankees, his club, face the question of whether they will hover a bit lower.

HOUSTON — Mets slugger Juan Soto sought his teammates’ advice after striking out in the first inning against Houston Astros starter Hunter Brown. The next time he saw Brown, Soto wanted to put a good swing on one of his pitches.

Juan Soto hit his first home run with the New York Mets when he connected in the third inning against the Houston Astros.

The Mets had this kind of thing in mind when they signed Soto to the richest contract in the sport's history over the winter -- a 15-year pact worth $765 million. Soto, only 26, e

Juan Soto turned on a 96 mph cutter from Hunter Brown, hitting it 390 feet to right field in Houston for his first home run as a member of the Mets.

Good pitching doesn't always matter against a star like Soto. “That’s pretty incredible,” manager Carlos Mendoza marveled.

Juan Soto had a chance to deliver tying runs in his much-anticipated Mets debut on Thursday, but he struck out swinging with two outs in the ninth inning to end the Astros' 3-1 win.

With a chance to make a late splash in his New York Mets debut, Juan Soto came up empty. After signing the biggest contract in baseball history last offseason, the slugger came to bat with two runners aboard and the Mets down by two in the ninth inning Thursday.