The Mets are still playing the Juan Soto waiting game.
Despite the Mets star revealing he has a minor strain in his right calf, there is no IL decision yet.
He will be taking things day by day, per noti.group’s Mike Puma.
Juan Soto exited early in Friday’s 10-3 win over the Giants after the top of the first with right calf tightness, and he was replaced in left field by Tyrone Taylor.
In his first at-bat, he singled but later appeared to be in pain as he ran from first to third after a Bo Bichette RBI single.
Soto stayed in the game before he was thrown out at home on a Brett Baty double play.
If Soto is out for an extended period of time, there is a big looming question of who will replace Soto in left field.
Taylor is an option, and manager Carlos Mendoza could also move Carson Benge to left field and start Baty regularly in right.
That would mean Mark Vientos would have to regularly play at first base or DH.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
