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Hey listen, I’m as surprised as you are. Elon Musk (Department of Government Efficiency) demanded I name five things I’ve done this week. Told him I haven’t done anything in four months, but somehow this musketeer slipped through the cracks and is back to take a crack at the 2025 MLB season.

"He just got me in that situation," Soto said. Hader loaded the bases with nobody out, then fanned third-string catcher Hayden Senger in his first major league at-bat. Francisco Lindor’s sacrifice fly made it 3-1, and there were runners on first and third when Hader struck out Soto for his 200th career save.

This was the script from last fall. Regardless of how the first seven or eight innings had gone, the Mets discovered another gear late, often against the opposing team’s most dominant relievers. Here it was, supercharged by the presence of Soto. “If we’ve got Juan up at the end of the game,” said Clay Holmes, “everybody likes our chances.”