It's not a surprise to anyone who has followed baseball over the last seven years, but Juan Soto's slow start hasn't lingered into May. There was plenty of hand-wringing about Soto's lackluster first month in a New York Mets uniform,

One day after passing Mickey Mantle for the most walks before turning 27 years old, Soto hit two home runs against the Arizona Diamondbacks to work his way up another list.

Juan Soto homered in consecutive at-bats, Kodai Senga overcame early control problems to pitch six scoreless innings and the New York Mets beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-1.