Mets' Juan Soto dealing with forearm tightness, will continue to DH for time being
Mets' Juan Soto is dealing with forearm tightness and underwent an MRI that came back clean, with the hope he'll be able to play outfield again "in the next few days."
Since returning from the injured list on April 22, Juan Soto has been the Mets ' DH in all five games he's played. Looking to avoid a long-term injury, the team said they would take it slow with his return from a calf injury and has not inserted him back into the outfield yet. But by now, some could have expected him to have played at least one game in the field.
So with Soto in the lineup as DH again for Tuesday's game against the Washington Nationals, manager Carlos Mendoza was asked if the plan for the upcoming games will be for the star to continue to DH or not. Mendoza shared that Soto is currently dealing with forearm tightness and underwent an MRI that came back clean, adding the hope is he will be able to play outfield again "in the next few days. " "On Friday, after the defensive work he complained about forearm tightness, after the throwing," Mendoza said.
"Obviously he was DHing that day. Saturday we got rained out. Sunday, came in, pretty much felt the same.
He threw, but you know, like 50-60 feet. Yesterday, came in, got treatment, and played catch. "We did an MRI today and structurally it's fine.