Soto didn’t hear the restless crowd, he told The Post. He was focused on the Mets, on his at-bats, on the “couple rockets right in front of people” that turned into outs. Any frustration Soto — in the first season of a 15-year deal — has over his .221 average gets balanced by knowledge that struggles are just “part of the game.”

Juan Soto deserves more patience from Mets fans and the media. WFAN took a shot at Soto for his slow start in Queens via a radio segment by Sal Licata.