New York Yankees right fielder Juan Soto left Thursday night’s game against the Minnesota Twins due to left forearm discomfort. Soto will undergo an MRI on Friday. New York manager Aaron Boone believes it’s too early to know if the All-Star will miss time.
“I don’t know what it’s going to show,” Soto said to reporters. “Just woke up one day, felt the tightness and discomfort in my forearm, and we’ve been working on it and we’ve been trying to get away with it, and it hasn’t [gone away].”
Soto has started all 64 games in his first season with the Yankees after being acquired from the San Diego Padres in a trade in December. With a big series coming up against the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Yankees got some positive news about the severity of Soto’s forearm.
Initial Prognosis for Juan Soto Soto
Soto received a preliminary diagnosis of left forearm inflammation after undergoing an MRI on Friday, per Jon Hey of the New York Post. He’s out of the lineup for Friday’s game against the Dodgers. Soto will sit at least one game, and his forward outlook is unclear. However, the initial report is encouraging and he may have avoided a serious injury. Heyman did mention that a radiologist will review to be sure Soto avoided a trip to the injured list.
Initial prognosis is inflammation for Soto. So looks like a relief.
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) June 7, 2024
Medical Staff Was Cautious with Soto
Soto was checked by the Yankees training staff, team physician and orthopedic surgeon Chris Ahamd during Thursday’s rain delay. They decided it was best to take Soto out of the game. Soto felt the discomfort for “like a week-and-a-half or two,” though it didn’t slow him down.
“It’s not any specific activity,” Soto said on Thursday. “It’s kind of funny that it doesn’t hurt me whenever I throw or hit and more like the soreness that I feel with any kind of move that I make with my arm. But definitely it doesn’t stop me from doing anything baseball-wise in the field.”
Soto is hitting a robust .318/.424/.603 with 17 home runs and 53 RBI this year. His batting average and on-base percentage are both best in the American League.
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