The New York Yankees seem to have averted disaster with Infantile Bambino.
Jon Heyman of the New York Put up reported Friday that the preliminary prognosis for Yankees star Juan Soto is that he’s solely coping with irritation in his left forearm and is anticipated to be OK. Heyman notes that Soto had an MRI earlier within the day on Friday revealing the prognosis, however notes {that a} radiologist will nonetheless overview Soto’s outcomes simply to make sure.
Former NL batting champion Soto needed to depart Thursday’s recreation in opposition to the Minnesota Timberwolves because of the damage, inflicting widespread panic from Yankees followers. Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone subsequently instructed reporters that Soto had been coping with the forearm subject for roughly the final week or so.
Together with teammate Aaron Choose, Soto is likely one of the early front-runners for AL MVP this season. He’s having a monster first 12 months in pinstripes, batting .318 with a .424 OBP, each of which lead the AL. Soto has additionally turned in 17 dwelling runs and 53 RBI whereas showing in 63-of-64 video games up to now.
Whereas it appears like Soto may nonetheless miss just a few days because of the irritation, that’s glorious general information for the Yankees. They do have massive considerations in terms of Soto’s contract scenario, however the extra urgent matter proper now of his well being appears to be so as.
