While Soto has had fans get on him throughout his career, he hadn’t gotten any vitriol from them so far this spring — until Monday.

Juan Soto signed a record-breaking contract with the New York Mets this past offseason. Following one season with the Mets crosstown rival, New York Yankees,

Then, in the bottom of the third inning, Soto homered off a first pitch from Sonny Gray, drilling the ball over the right-field fence and directly at the heckler, who tried to catch the ball but fell down in the process.

Access the Mets beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mike Puma about the inside buzz on the Mets from spring training Try it free Juan Soto put the ultimate flex on a heckler during the Mets’ spring training game against the Cardinals on Monday.