{"id":76110,"date":"2024-06-07T15:44:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T19:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=76110"},"modified":"2024-06-07T15:50:10","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T19:50:10","slug":"juan-soto-mri-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/06\/07\/juan-soto-mri-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees Star Avoids Serious Setback with Injury Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York Yankees right fielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=sotoju01,soto--004jua&amp;search=Juan+Soto&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-07_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Juan Soto<\/a> left Thursday night&#8217;s game against the Minnesota Twins due to left forearm discomfort. Soto will undergo an MRI on Friday. New York manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/booneaa01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-07_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aaron Boone<\/a> believes it&#8217;s too early to know if the All-Star will miss time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know what it&#8217;s going to show,&#8221; Soto said to reporters. &#8220;Just woke up one day, felt the tightness and discomfort in my forearm, and we&#8217;ve been working on it and we&#8217;ve been trying to get away with it, and it hasn&#8217;t [gone away].&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Soto has started all 64 games in his first season with the Yankees <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2023\/12\/06\/juan-soto-trade-yankees\/\" target=\"_self\">after being acquired<\/a> from the San Diego Padres in a trade in December. With a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/06\/03\/yankees-are-breaking-records\/\" target=\"_self\">big series coming up<\/a> against the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Yankees got some positive news about the severity of Soto&#8217;s forearm.<\/p>\n<h2>Initial Prognosis for Juan Soto Soto<\/h2>\n<p>Soto received a preliminary diagnosis of left forearm inflammation after undergoing an MRI on Friday, per Jon Hey of the New York Post. He&#8217;s out of the lineup for Friday&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Initial prognosis is inflammation for Soto. So looks like a relief.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonHeyman\/status\/1799155196569743670?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Medical Staff Was Cautious with Soto<\/h3>\n<p>Soto was checked by the Yankees training staff, team physician and orthopedic surgeon Chris Ahamd during Thursday&#8217;s rain delay. They decided it was best to take Soto out of the game. Soto felt the discomfort for &#8220;like a week-and-a-half or two,&#8221; though it didn&#8217;t slow him down.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not any specific activity,&#8221; Soto said on Thursday. &#8220;It&#8217;s kind of funny that it doesn&#8217;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&#8217;t stop me from doing anything baseball-wise in the field.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Soto <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/04\/09\/juan-soto-early-success-2024\/\" target=\"_self\">is hitting a robust<\/a> .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.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo: \u00a9 Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Yankees right fielder Juan Soto left Thursday night&#8217;s game against the Minnesota Twins due to left forearm discomfort. Soto will undergo an MRI on Friday. 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