Considering the best way final season unfolded and the best way the Mets folded — a clubhouse that didn’t show to be a power couldn’t assist the membership avert a $340 million, playoff-less fiasco — onlookers can be paying shut consideration to indicators of unity or discord round this yr’s crew.
An early signal that provides some hope, then, is how typically Juan Soto and Carson Benge are round one another.
Their lockers are close by, within the far nook of the clubhouse at Citi Field. They have a number of handshakes which might be nonetheless a piece in progress — “We’re trying to figure out the best one,” Soto mentioned. And after Benge’s first major league home run, it was Soto ready on the finish of a dugout high-five line not with a handshake however with a giant hug.
All spring, Benge mentioned, it felt as if Soto had taken him underneath his wing. That feeling has transitioned because the season has begun for a participant who’s now much less a prospect and extra a significant leaguer simply making an attempt to assist the Mets win.
