{"id":563947,"date":"2026-04-04T10:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T10:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/563947\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T10:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T10:50:09","slug":"mets-slugger-juan-soto-exits-because-of-right-calf-tightness-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/563947\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets slugger Juan Soto exits because of right calf tightness"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN FRANCISCO —New York Mets<\/a> slugger Juan Soto<\/a> left Friday night’s game againstthe San Francisco Giants<\/a> in the first inning because of right calf tightness and is scheduled for an MRI on Saturday.<\/p>\n

“There’s obviously concern,” manager Carlos Mendoza said after his team’s10-3 win<\/a>. “The calf area could be tricky. We’ve just got to wait, but there’s obviously concern.”<\/p>\n

Soto singled off Tyler Mahle<\/a> in the top of the first and appeared to slow up while going first to third on Bo Bichette<\/a>‘s run-scoring single.<\/p>\n

“He felt something,” Mendoza said. “As he was standing at third base, he continued to get tight.”<\/p>\n

Soto was forced out at home plate when Brett Baty<\/a> grounded into a 1-2-3 double play, and Tyrone Taylor<\/a> replaced Soto in left field for the bottom of the first.<\/p>\n

Soto, 27, is in the second season of a record 15-year, $765 million contract with the Mets. He had 43 homers and 105 RBIs while playing in 160 games last season.<\/p>\n

A four-time All-Star and six-time Silver Slugger award winner, Soto has played at least 150 games six times in his eight major league season before this one. The only times he didn’t were the pandemic-shortened 2020 season and his rookie year with Washington in 2018, when he was called up on May 20. He hasn’t been on the injured list since early in the 2021 season with theWashington Nationals<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Soto has hit safely in all eight Mets games this season. He entered Friday with a .282 career batting average and 245 home runs.<\/p>\n

He has also played for theSan Diego Padres<\/a>andNew York Yankees<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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