Soto signed with the Mets after helping the New York Yankees get to the World Series last season, which they lost in five games to the Los Angeles Dodgers. His arrival in Queens gives the Mets a star trio of him, Lindor, and Pete Alonso.

Soto, 26, who signed a record-breaking 15-year, $756 million contract in December, and Holmes, 32, played for the New York Yankees in 2024. The Mets signed them in an attempt to bolster their roster after falling to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series last year.

With a chance to make a late splash in his New York Mets debut, Juan Soto came up empty. After signing the biggest contract in baseball history last offseason, the slugger came to bat with two runners aboard and the Mets down by two in the ninth inning Thursday.