SAN DIEGO — Juan Soto is out of motion in San Diego.
The Mets‘ star right fielder left Tuesday night’s recreation in opposition to the Padres with a proper foot contusion in the course of the fourth inning. With the Mets down 1-0 at Petco Park and Soto main off in opposition to right-hander Ryan Bergert, he acquired an 0-2 slider inside and fouled it off to maintain the at-bat alive, but it surely hit the within of his proper foot and he hopped out of the batter’s field in apparent discomfort.
Soto limped down the primary final analysis making an attempt to shake out his foot whereas the trainers got here out from the customer’s dugout. After consulting with them, he was allowed to remain within the recreation and end his at-bat. He ultimately grounded out to second base.
The Mets changed him within the outfield within the backside of the inning, transferring Jeff McNeil from heart discipline to proper, and inserting Tyrone Taylor into heart discipline for the half-inning solely. Starling Marte pinch-hit for Taylor in Soto’s spot within the fifth and performed proper discipline for the fourth time this season. It was solely the sixth time the veteran outfielder acquired into the outfield this yr.
Soto was 0-for-2 on the night time, and 0-for-6 with a run scored within the collection.
The 26-year-old has confirmed to be particularly sturdy all through his eight-year massive league profession. He hasn’t been on the injured checklist since 2021 when he strained his proper shoulder. A member of the Washington Nationals on the time, he went on to win the NL batting title that season. Two years in the past, he performed all 162 video games for the Padres.
Final yr, Soto missed a handful of video games with forearm irritation in his left arm, and a bruised proper hand. To date this season, his first with the Mets, he’s missed just one recreation, which was a scheduled time without work. A participant who takes immense pleasure in displaying up and taking part in day by day, Soto nonetheless tried to battle his approach into the lineup on his time without work earlier this season, however the Mets insisted he sit out.
The NL Participant of the Month in June, Soto is hitting .249 with an .875 OPS and 25 residence runs. He leads the NL in walks with 84, and has stolen a career-high 15 bases this yr in 16 tries.
Initially Printed: July 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM EDT
