“Soto is a great team player. He worries about having good at-bats for the team,” Lindor told NJ Advance Media. “The truth is that nobody took what he said in any negative way. He’s one of the best players in the game, and all he wants to do is win games.

The Mets were held down Tuesday night by righty Bailey Ober, who worked 6 1/3 efficient innings in the Minnesota Twins’ 6-3 win. New York scored two of its three runs on solo shots by Pete Alonso and Juan Soto, and it uncharacteristically generated just four at-bats with a runner in scoring position all night.