It takes a lot to make Zack Wheeler smile on the mound. But teammate Derek Hill making a jaw-dropping catch to rob Juan Soto of a home run is enough to do the trick. “It's the best one I've ever seen in person,” Wheeler said. Hill left his teammates in awe when he reached high above the right-center-field wall to rob Soto of a first-inning homer in Friday night's 2-1 victory over the Mets at Citi Field. The catch immediately moved to No. 1 in Hill’s personal rankings. “Not quite like that one,” Hill said when asked if he’d made a catch like that before. “ ... And, obviously, the guy I did it against makes it a little bit cooler.” And the thoughts from that guy he did it against? “It was an unbelievable catch,” Soto said. “When you see the replay, when you see how impressive it was -- I mean, he didn't even have any timing, he just went straight to the wall and jumped. That was incredible.” Hill, who was shaded slightly toward the left-field side of second base, got a good jump on the ball and raced toward the warning track. Never breaking stride, Hill timed his jump perfectly to high-point the ball above the wall.
