Oct 26, 2024; Los Angeles, California, USA; Fox Sports broadcaster Derek Jeter speaks on field after game two between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees in the 2024 MLB World Series at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

Derek Jeter gets blunt about Juan Soto's sub-par Mets season

Originally posted on New York Mets on SI | By Grant Young | Last updated Jun 3, 2025 4:00 PM ET

While New York Mets slugger Juan Soto seems to be catching fire over the past couple of days, he'll need to sustain a hot streak for quite a while before he reaches the expectations that fans have for him after he signed a 15-year, $765 million contract this past offseason.

Juan Soto over his last 3 games:

.444 AVG | 1.806 OPS | 2 HR | 3 RBI | 2 BB

He’s getting hot, folks. pic.twitter.com/ItDubQCFrK
— Mets Batflip (@metsbatflip1) June 1, 2025

Heading into New York's June 3 game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Soto is hitting .234 with a .794 OPS, 10 home runs, and 28 RBIs. Some have boiled Soto's (relative) hitting woes down to the pressure he's feeling to live up to such a massive contract. Not to mention that playing in New York, which is the media capital of the world, adds another layer of pressure.

Few can say they've thrived better in New York than Yankees legend Derek Jeter. And the five-time World Series champion got honest about what he has seen from Soto during a May 31 FOX Sports broadcast.

"All the Met fans are very concerned right now, because this is the guy, the big acquisition, who is single-handedly going to take you to the World Series and help you win a World Series championship. You stole him from the Yankees, right?" Jeter said. "Is [the concern] fair? Absolutely not. But that's the expectation."

Jeter added, "[Soto] is going to be [in New York] for a long time. He's going to hit, he's gonna bounce back because he's just too good of a player."

"One other thing: They say he has struggled, the Mets are one game out of first place," Jeter continued. "So you've got to keep things in perspective. Juan Soto is gonna be just fine."