Juan Soto is quickly realizing that playing for the New York Mets isn’t easy. Just ask Francisco Lindor. He was once a prized signing and his first season was filled with boos from the Mets faithful, too. Soto got his first shower of boos inside Citi Field on Friday night after going 0-for-5 with whiffing on a chance to walk-off in the 10th inning.

Slumping Juan Soto hit a tiebreaking, two-run, bases-loaded double in a three-run fourth inning, and the New York Mets beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-2 in their rematch of last year’s NL Championship Series.

After depleting the bullpen in Friday’s 13-inning slog, starter David Peterson provided the Mets with much-needed length. The left-hander allowed two runs on five hits and two walks, and struck out seven in a season-high 7 2/3 innings — the longest outing by a Mets’ starter this season.

During the rain delay the Mets put Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers up on the Citi Field big screen in center field. Fans who would have been huddled in the concourse during a standard rain delay came back out to watch the action from the covered seats.

At some point between the 98-minute rain delay and Friday’s final pitch at Citi Field, which Luis García delivered moments before the clock struck 1 a.m., Mets manager Carlos Mendoza pulled every lever available to him.

A top MLB insider believes there is a real chance the New York Mets could lose Pete Alonso to a top rival, the Philadelphia Phillies, this winter.

MLB insider Jon Heyman of MLB Network and the New York Post had an exclusive interview with Soto and his agent, Scott Boras, to discuss the reasons behind the slow start after signing a record-setting 15-year, $765 million contract with the Mets.