Juan Soto, Francisco Lindor say they have no issues between them: When you meet a girl, you dont start kissing her right away

While there have been many questions about the relationship between the Mets’ two biggest stars, they both insist they’re in a good place.After last year’s months-long collapse, The Post’s Mike Puma reported that Juan Soto and Francisco Lindor had a chilly relationship.

And earlier this week on “The Show” podcast with Jon Heyman and Joel Sherman, Mets owner Steve Cohen confirmed the reporting but said that was in the rearview.Soto and Lindor, both speaking to The Athletic on Friday, said their relationship is getting better.Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mike Puma about the inside buzz on the Mets.

“There were no issues last year — at all,” Soto told The Athletic.“We didn’t have any beef or anything.

Definitely, our relationship is getting better because it takes time.“When you meet a girl, you don’t start kissing her right away.”Lindor added that the two have their relationship “continue to grow.”“I have nothing but respect for him.He’s my brother,” Lindor said.

“He’s somebody I respected from a distance and respect here, inside.”The Athletic reported Carlos Mendoza worked to get the two under better terms before his firing, and Lindor and Soto recently had “hard conversations,” though the two players said they did not agree with calling the discussions “hard.”Soto joined the Mets before last season with plenty of fanfare — and money — on a 15-year, $765 million contract.Fighting through a slower start by his standards, Soto finished 2025 with 43 homers, an MLB-leading 127 walks and a .921 OPS as he finished third in the National League MVP race.

But even with that and Lindor’s third 30-homer, 30-stolen base season, the Mets, who had an MLB-best 45-24 record in mid-June, crumbled the rest of the way and missed the playoffs by virtue of a tiebreaker with the Reds.The Mets have not fared better this year with a 36-52 record after Friday’s 5-...