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A Little Leaguer provided some brutal honesty about what he thought of New York Mets' star outfielder Juan Soto on Sunday during the Little League Classic.

Before a week of games, let's break down which Mets players are in the best place and who have been scuffling.

The Mets were greeted at the airport in Williamsport on Sunday by plenty of enthusiastic young fans and connected with teams from all over the world.

A little Mets fan from Luzerne County got to live out his big dreams, meeting his favorite player at the Little League World Series

The Mets used small ball to build an early lead before turning the power on in the 5th inning. Mark Vientos had four RBI (including a three-run round-tripper during that four-run fifth) and Clay

Cardenales Little League from his hometown of Barquisimeto, Venezuela, was representing Latin America in the LLWS.