{"id":473183,"date":"2025-06-27T12:57:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T16:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/juan-soto-drives-in-with-a-great-offensive-rebound-and-is-set-to-be-a-starter-for-the-2025-all-star-game\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T12:57:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T16:57:53","slug":"juan-soto-drives-in-with-a-great-offensive-rebound-and-is-set-to-be-a-starter-for-the-2025-all-star-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/juan-soto-drives-in-with-a-great-offensive-rebound-and-is-set-to-be-a-starter-for-the-2025-all-star-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Juan Soto drives in with a great offensive rebound and is set to be a starter for the 2025 All-Star Game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NEW YORK \u2014<\/strong> Dominican outfielder <strong>Juan Soto<\/strong> is staging a spectacular comeback in his offensive performance, which has positioned him as a strong candidate to be a <strong>starter in the 2025 Major League Baseball All-Star Game<\/strong>, to be played on July 15 at Truist Park in Atlanta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/beisbol\/kershaw-se-acerca-a-los-3000-ponches-y-ohtani-brilla-en-triunfo-de-los-dodgers-sobre-rockies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">:Kershaw approaches 3,000 strikeouts and Ohtani shines in Dodgers&#8217; victory over Rockies<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nAlthough he <strong>was not among the three most voted outfielders in Phase 1<\/strong>, Soto has transformed his season in record time. In just three weeks, he improved his batting average and his OPS by more than 100 points, hitting <strong>five home runs in just five days<\/strong>. Now, with Phase 2 of the voting about to begin, his chances of representing the National League from the start have grown significantly.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;My swing, everything is going the right way. The cold is finally gone, so I can have fun now,&#8221; Soto commented with a smile, aware of the great moment he is going through.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nIn <strong>Phase 1<\/strong>, Soto received <strong>1,490,489 votes<\/strong>, placing sixth among the outfielders of the Old Circuit. However, <strong>Phase 2 restarts the votes<\/strong> from scratch, allowing his current performance on the field to weigh more than the figures from the start of the campaign, when he was batting only .233 with an OPS of .799.\n\nCurrently, Soto is on an impressive offensive streak (.333\/.486\/.784 in his last 25 games), which has caught the attention of fans, analysts, and MLB itself.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Support within the Mets and among voters<\/h3>\n\n\nSoto is not alone among the Mets&#8217; aspirants. <strong>Francisco Lindor<\/strong>, leader in votes among National League shortstops, and <strong>Pete Alonso<\/strong>, second among first basemen, also advanced to Phase 2. However, Soto&#8217;s recent impact places him as the main offensive asset of the New York team heading to the All-Star Game.\n\nThe Mets manager, <strong>Carlos Mendoza<\/strong>, praised the Dominican outfielder&#8217;s mentality:\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBack then, he didn&#8217;t get too discouraged\u2026 and now he&#8217;s not too confident either. That, for me and for all of us, is truly impressive.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The following<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Phase 2 of the voting<\/strong> will begin this Monday, June 30th at 12 p.m. ET and will conclude on Wednesday, July 2nd at noon. Fans will be able to vote once a day, and the results will be announced live on <strong>ESPN<\/strong> on Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n\n\nIf he gets his spot, it would be the <strong>second consecutive start<\/strong> in the All-Star Game for Soto, who was the starter last year for the American League and had previously been a reserve between 2021 and 2023.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK \u2014 Dominican outfielder Juan Soto is staging a spectacular comeback in his offensive performance, which has positioned him as a strong candidate to be a starter in the 2025 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, to be played on July 15 at Truist Park in Atlanta. 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