Charged with doing more with less, the Mets hope they will maximize their draft haul beginning with a two-way player.

Ahead of Friday night’s series opener against the Chicago Cubs, Yankees manager Aaron Boone listed the many ways Cody Bellinger impacts his club before settling on an all-encompassing descriptor.

Juan Soto hit a two-run homer into the right field fountains, leading the New York Mets past the Kansas City Royals 3-1.

Juan Soto continued his hot hitting with another bomb against the Royals as the Mets' slugger turns his debut season with New York around.

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