{"id":782978,"date":"2026-07-25T02:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T02:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/782978\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T02:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T02:47:08","slug":"mets-juan-soto-leaves-with-left-calf-soreness-set-for-mri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/782978\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets&#8217; Juan Soto leaves with left calf soreness, set for MRI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">NEW YORK &#8212; <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/nym\/new-york-mets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mets<\/a> star <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/36969\/juan-soto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Juan Soto<\/a> was removed from Friday&#8217;s <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/boxscore\/_\/gameId\/401816240\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">4-2 loss<\/a> to the <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/lad\/los-angeles-dodgers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> in the sixth inning because of left calf soreness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Soto will undergo an MRI on Saturday and could be headed to the injured list, manager Andy Green said after the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Soto missed two weeks in April because of a left calf strain before experiencing a minor flare-up last week. The Mets have had Soto start at designated hitter in five of their past seven games, including Friday, to limit stress on the calf.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Soto, 27, walked twice in his two plate appearances Friday and was stranded at first base both times. <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/32525\/jorge-polanco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jorge Polanco<\/a> then took his place in the lineup, batting second, for his third plate appearance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Mets&#8217; only All-Star this season, Soto is batting .283 with 21 home runs and a .947 OPS in 84 games. His OPS ranks third in the majors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">He has been one of the few bright spots during an abysmal season for the Mets, who are set to trade several veterans before the Aug. 3 trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 ESPN Internet Ventures. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK &#8212; Mets star Juan Soto was removed from Friday&#8217;s 4-2 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":782979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[333390,352,363,1189,3,97741,99],"class_list":["post-782978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-333390","tag-espn","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-mets","tag-news","tag-soto-juan","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=782978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/782979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=782978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=782978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}