NEW YORK — Mets right fielder Juan Soto has been smiling a lot lately. Success will do that to a player. After a slow start to his Mets tenure, the $765 million man has heated up. He’s 13-for-45 (.289 batting average) with a 1.067 OPS, including seven extra-base hits (five home runs), in 12 games in May.

Juan Soto said he’s “expecting the worst” from Yankees fans, and though he clearly said it in a tongue-in-cheek way, the only thing pinstripe fans find funny is that Soto now has