It begins! Juan Soto launches his first home run with the Mets

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Juan Soto’s first game with the Mets didn’t live up to the hype of his monumental offseason, but his second one gave New York fans a reminder of what the 26-year-old slugger brings to the table. 

In his second at-bat of the night against the Houston Astros, the lefty Soto smashed a 390-foot home run to right field off right-hander Hunter Brown to put the Mets up 3-0 in the third inning.

That was the 202nd home run of his career and probably the first of what will be many with the Mets in the next decade-plus. Soto signed a record 15-year, $765 million deal with the team in December.