{"id":32911,"date":"2022-08-02T07:11:02","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T07:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/juan-soto-homers-in-loss-to-mets-as-trade-deadline-nears\/"},"modified":"2022-08-02T07:11:02","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T07:11:02","slug":"juan-soto-homers-in-loss-to-mets-as-trade-deadline-nears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/juan-soto-homers-in-loss-to-mets-as-trade-deadline-nears\/","title":{"rendered":"Juan Soto homers in loss to Mets as trade deadline nears"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"wpds-c-grBDNq hide-for-print mb-sm undefined\">\n<div class=\"PJLV PJLV-iAjpuP-css flex items-center\" data-qa=\"article-actions\">\n<div class=\"wpds-c-fLphcs\"><button class=\"wpds-c-gNHrZC wpds-c-gNHrZC-bywHgD-variant-primary wpds-c-gNHrZC-biynoz-density-compact wpds-c-gNHrZC-hZSyid-isOutline-true wpds-c-gNHrZC-ejCoEP-icon-left wpds-c-gNHrZC-futxca-cv wpds-c-gNHrZC-ihhnWqF-css\"><button class=\"PJLV PJLV-igcOMTV-css\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" role=\"img\" class=\"wpds-c-coakfw wpds-c-efqEZa focus-highlight flex items-center justify-center brad-lg pointer transition-400 ease-in-out transition-colors\" aria-label=\"Comment on this story\" iconstyle=\"[object Object]\"><title>Comment on this story<\/title><path d=\"M14 14V2H2v9.47h8.18L12.43 13ZM3 10.52V3h10v9.23l-2.5-1.66Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p>Comment<\/p>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"teaser-content grid-center\">\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Juan Soto&#8217;s final at-bat Monday night wasn&#8217;t unusual: He walked to open the bottom of the eighth inning for his third free pass of the game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">What happened afterward wasn&#8217;t so typical: As Soto took off his equipment along the first base line, he received a standing ovation from the fans at Nationals Park.  They were acknowledging the possibility that they had just watched his last plate appearance in a Washington Nationals uniform.  The same went for Josh Bell, who lined out in the ensuing at-bat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Neither appearance meant much in Monday&#8217;s 7-3 loss to the New York Mets, but they could mean much more by Tuesday&#8217;s 6 pm trade deadline.  Soto knew it, too \u2014 during a pitching change later in the inning, he tipped his helmet to the fans before heading into the dugout.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">\u201cI&#8217;m controlling what I can control,\u201d Soto said.  \u201cJust going out there and playing hard for those fans out there.  because like [the fans] were saying, they love me.  So I&#8217;m going to love them back.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Back in the fourth, Soto hit his 21st home run of the season \u2014 off former teammate Max Scherzer.  He took his time rounding the bases and touching home plate.  He walked to the dugout as the fans behind it stood and clapped a bit longer to savor the moment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p><span class=\"font--article-body font-copy hide-for-print ma-0 pb-md db italic interstitial\">Svrluga: The Juan Soto swirl is all the more emotional as the trade deadline looms<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Scherzer surely understood Soto&#8217;s situation all too well: He spent six-plus years with Washington before being traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers with Trea Turner at last year&#8217;s deadline, a move that sent the 2019 World Series champions into a rebuilding phase.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Scherzer&#8217;s presence on the mound was another reminder of how much an organization can change this time of year.  Nine more innings passed Monday night, and Soto and Bell were still with the Nationals.  But a lot could change in the coming hours.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">At the trade deadline last year, the Nationals were 47-55.  After Monday&#8217;s loss, they are 35-69 \u2014 the worst record in the majors.  They&#8217;re 31 games behind the first-place Mets in the National League East.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Soto and Bell got to Scherzer in the first inning \u2014 with the help of some poor defense.  Soto worked a full count, two-out walk, then Bell doubled down the right field line.  Initially, it appeared that would put runners on second and third, but right fielder Starling Marte threw the ball to second \u2014 where no teammate was present.  Soto dashed home and Bell advanced to third \u2014 there was no Met covering that base, either \u2014 as Washington grabbed the lead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Soto would face Scherzer two more times, homering and then walking in the fifth.  In every at-bat, he did his signature shuffle and stared Scherzer down.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">\u201c[Scherzer] don&#8217;t like it,\u201d Soto said with a smile.  \u201cHe puts his face down.  \u2026 He doesn&#8217;t want to look at me.  And I understand him because he&#8217;s doing his job.  And he&#8217;s giving 100 percent \u2014 it doesn&#8217;t matter how good our relationship is.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Soto flashed his arm when he threw out Tom\u00e1s Nido at the plate to end a second inning that could&#8217;ve been worse for starter Patrick Corbin, who was laboring.  Despite Soto&#8217;s contributions, New York still led 3-1.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Washington finished with just six hits.  Following Soto&#8217;s home run in the fourth, Luis Garc\u00eda singled home Yadiel Hernandez to make it 4-3.  Bell, a pending free agent, finished 1 for 4, but Soto&#8217;s final line was fitting if it was his last game as a National: 1 for 1 with three walks, two runs and that 421-foot blast.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">\u201cFacing a guy like Max, he had great at-bats,\u201d Manager Dave Martinez said.  \u201cHe Kept the ball in the zone, fouled off some good pitches, got a ball to hit and hit it far.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p><span class=\"font--article-body font-copy hide-for-print ma-0 pb-md db italic interstitial\">Nationals trade Ehire Adrianza to Braves for outfielder Trey Harris<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\"><b>Is anyone used to seeing Scherzer pitch for the Mets? <\/b>The Nationals and Mets have faced off 11 times this season, but this was only Washington&#8217;s second glimpse of Scherzer.  The sight of their former ace playing for a division rival still doesn&#8217;t feel normal to Martinez.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">\u201cIt still is weird,\u201d he said before the game.  \u201cWhen you see him, you kind of reminisce in your head.  But then I say: &#8216;Okay, we got to go out there and try to beat this guy.  Let&#8217;s figure out how to do that.&#8217;  \u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\"><b>How did Corbin mouse? <\/b>He threw 90 pitches and allowed four runs in 4\u2153 innings.  He was coming off his worst outing of the season \u2014 he didn&#8217;t make it out of the first inning against the Dodgers on Wednesday \u2014 but he was able to retire the side in order to start Monday&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">But his next two innings looked a lot like what Nationals fans have become accustomed over the past two-plus seasons.  In the second, the Mets scored three runs on five hits and a walk, with Soto&#8217;s assist finally stopping the bleeding.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Pete Alonso hit a 110.9-mph bullet off Corbin in the next inning that just cleared the wall in left-center for his 27th home run.  It took Corbin 24 pitches to get out of a scoreless fourth, and after he retired Francisco Lindor for the first out of the fifth, his night was complete.  His ERA rose slightly to 6.57, and his record fell to 4-15.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Lindor&#8217;s three-run homer off Steve Cishek in the sixth put the game away.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"b bt bc-offblack dn-ns hide-for-print\" data-testid=\"mostRead\" subscriptions-section=\"content\"\/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comment on this story Comment Juan Soto&#8217;s final at-bat Monday night wasn&#8217;t unusual: He walked to open the bottom of the eighth inning for his third free pass of the game. 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