The first two months of New York Mets right fielder Juan Soto's tenure in Queens were under a $765 million microscope. So when a stoic Soto fell short of his underlying metrics and the MVP expectations assigned to him, fans and critics alike played the role of psychiatrist.
It was always baseless and premature, divorced from the reality of small sample sizes and the data suggesting that he was just fine.
Soto has since corrected the record. He's been baseball's best hitter in June, sporting a 236 wRC+. By that same metric, he now ranks ninth in MLB, despite his underwhelming start.