Juan Soto Set To Return To Mets On Wednesday

[Steve Drumwright]

 

With the early-season spiraling, the New York Mets are set to have Juan Soto in the lineup Wednesday.

The superstar left fielder will be activated from the 10-day injured list before Wednesday's game against the Minnesota Twins, MLB.com's Anthony reported Tuesday. Soto has been out since straining his right calf April 3 and going on the IL three days later.

With the offense struggling and the Mets taking an 11-game losing streak into Tuesday's series opening vs. the Twins, Soto will be a much-needed bat in the lineup. He was slashing .355/.412/.516 with one homer and five RBIs in eight games. Soto hit safely in each of the eight games in which he appeared.

The Mets will have to make a move to create room on the 26-man roster for Soto.

 

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[MFS62]

Hopefully he will kick start the offense.

Later

[metirish]

Some good news

[A Boy Named Seo]

Soto returning to the lineup is like 80s movie parents who come home early to find the kids trashed the house 

[Cowtipper]

It's better than nothing. Joey Gerber, Jared Young and Jorge Polanco are all due back within the next couple weeks, too. Christian Scott, who gave us great hope at one point, is also being called up on Thursday. 

[Edgy MD]

So, the obvious guy to go down is Senger, whose role is pretty much an abstraction.  And there is very little argument for the continued presence of Tommy Pham.

But it may be a good idea to send down Carson Benge here.  Soto's return will bump his demotion to a subtitle in the news, and it might be an opportunity to turn the inevitable into a little bit less of a blow.

Benge is pretty much Travis Jankowski here — a baserunning/ballcatching specialist.  That's not nothing but ... it's not helping the team and it's not helping him to eat it at the plate night in and night out.

[Centerfield]

Agree. Benge should go down.