And, of course, a lot of times the Yankees didn’t pass the eye test when in the field. It will be a long time before they live down the fifth inning of World Series Game 5 last October when the Dodgers wrapped up their title after falling behind 5-0 and then being gift-wrapped a bunch of a lifelines.

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.”

Let it be stated that Juan Soto of the New York Mets is hardly struggling this season, his first since signing a record $765 million free-agent contract with the Queenslanders over the winter. After his first 16 games as a Met,