While New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza called out star Juan Soto for his lack of hustle earlier this week, he also recognized that Soto wants nothing more than to win.

Carlos Mendoza stood by his player, a night after Soto was slow departing the batter’s box and watched a ball he thought he had struck for a home run hit off the Green Monster.

New York is famously noisy, but it’s hitting a fever pitch right now with a lot of people speaking for Juan Soto.