Juan Soto wasted little time in showing off his power for his new team. Again.

Soto homered in his first spring training at-bat for the New York Mets, hitting a solo shot to left-center field in the first inning against the Houston Astros on Saturday in Port St.Lucie, Fla. The Mets went on to win 6-2.

“I feel like everybody was really happy. I would say the worst reaction was (teammate) Jesse Winker, that I stepped on him,” Soto said. “He was really (in) pain, but he was happy at the same time.”

Soto also homered last year in his first spring training game with the New York Yankees, belting a three-run shot in the fourth inning of that matchup with Toronto.

Soto signed a record $765 million, 15-year contract this offseason, moving across New York from the Yankees to the Mets. He hit second in the order Saturday, between Francisco Lindor and Pete Alonso, and drilled a 426-foot homer on a 2-1 pitch from left-hander Colton Gordon. The following inning, Soto drove in another run with a groundball. Those were his only plate appearances.

He raised his career spring training average to .304 with 14 home runs and an OPS of 1.017 in 87 games.

The Mets may have been even more encouraged by the performance of starter Clay Holmes, another player who moved from one New York team to the other. Holmes has started just four of his 311 big league appearances, but he is converting to a starter for the Mets and threw 34 pitches Saturday in three perfect innings.

REVERSED STRIKE CALL PAYS OFF FOR YANKEES

Changing one ball to a strike can completely alter an inning.

Saturday was proof of that, when the Yankees used the Automated Ball-Strike System to turn a strikeout into a walk, then went on to score three runs in the top of the sixth against Toronto. The ABS is being tested during major league spring training after years of experiments in the minors.

New York’s Everson Pereira was initially called out on strikes on a full count for what would have been the third out. But the call was challenged and changed to a ball, putting Pereira on first.

Spencer Jones then followed with a two-run homer, and two batters later, Ismael Munguia added an RBI triple. The Blue Jays still went on to win 6-4.

“The timing to challenge a close pitch was there, and obviously, he was right and convicted on it,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone told MLB.com. “We’ll continue to gain as much experience with it as we can.’’

sALE HAS PERFECT START TO SPRING

Fresh off his first Cy Young Award, Chris Sale opened spring training with two perfect innings for the Atlanta Braves in Fort Myers, Fla.

Atlanta lost to the Minnesota Twins 3-1, but the 35-year-old Sale retired all six of his batters, although he did not strike anybody out.

Sale is entering his second year with the Braves. The left-hander went 18-3 with a 2.38 ERA and 225 strikeouts last season, winning the NL’s pitching Triple Crown and the Cy Young.

BREWERS’ PERKINS OUT FOR START OF SEASON

Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Blake Perkins is expected to miss the first month of the season after fracturing his right shin during batting practice.

Perkins, 28, batted .240 with a .316 on-base percentage, six homers, 43 RBIs and 23 steals in 121 games last year. He also was an NL Gold Glove finalist at center field.

“Perkins is a big part of our team,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy said. “The chemistry of the team, the whole thing, Perk’s huge. He’s a great defender, coming into his own as an offensive player. It’s going to hurt us.”

Murphy also said right-handed pitcher JB Bukauskas has what appears to be a serious lat injury and is debating whether to undergo surgery.

EX-ANGEL, LONGTIME PITCHER FISHER DIES

Eddie Fisher, a right-hander whose 15-year major league career included an All-Star selection for the Chicago White Sox, four seasons with the Angels and a World Series title with Baltimore, died Monday after a brief illness. He was 88.

Primarily a reliever over the course of his career, Fisher was an All-Star in 1965, when he went 15-7 with a 2.40 ERA and made what was then an AL-record 82 appearances. He was with the Orioles the following year when they won the World Series.

With the Angels from 1969-72, he was 21-19 with 17 saves and a 3.22 ERA over 219 outings.

Fisher made his big league debut in 1959 for the San Francisco Giants. He went 85-70 with 82 saves and a 3.41 ERA in 690 games over his career, which also included stints with Cleveland and St. Louis.