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Michael Kadlick

Juan Soto Didn't Even Try As Garrett Crochet Struck Him Out on Three Straight Pitches

Soto didn't even swing the bat. | Screenshot via NESN.

New York Mets slugger Juan Soto has been under quite the microscope this week.

Upon boos that rang in from the New York Yankees crowd in the Bronx this weekend, the $765 million man was criticized for not running out a grounder to second base. Then, on Monday night in Boston, he followed his lack of hustle up with a high fly ball to left field—one he clearly thought was gone—and decided to walk it out instead of running. The result? A clang off the Green Monster for a single that could have easily been a double.

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