Mets make brutal Juan Soto roster move amid injury news
This is not what the Mets wanted to hear early in April.
Mets make brutal Juan Soto roster move amid injury news originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The New York Mets are 6-4, tied atop the NL East with the Miami Marlins as the second week of April begins.
But the Mets, despite their decent record, got some massively unfortunate news on Monday, as Juan Soto is going to miss some time. As Will Sammon of The Athletic reports, the Mets are placing Soto on the injured list and will lose the $765 million outfielder for the next few weeks with a calf issue. mets place Juan Soto on IL with a calf issue "The Mets placed Juan Soto on the injured list with a right calf strain," Sammon reports.
"Ronny Mauricio is up from Triple-A. " This is some difficult news for the Mets, as Soto is one of, if not their best, players. Now, they're going to be without their superstar outfielder for some time this season.
Soto has played in just eight games this season, but he's already put up 0. 6 bWAR thanks to a very hot start, which makes this injury news that much worse. More : Mets didn ’ t want to trade Brett Baty while White Sox didn ’ t want Mark Vientos in Luis Robert Jr.