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Juan Soto Out With Elbow Soreness

By TC Zencka | September 5, 2020 at 8:48am CDT

Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez is giving Juan Soto a couple of days off, per Jessica Camerato of MLB.com (via Twitter). Soto has been experiencing some elbow soreness. The Nationals’ young superstar underwent and MRI, but the results were good, so Martinez is just giving Soto a couple of days to rest and recover.

Though the Nationals have face-planted in their title defense season, there’s been no such hangover for the 21-year-old Soto. Soto is currently the major-league leader in slugging (.758) and OPS (1.211). He’s slashing .354/.453/.758 with 11 long balls in 117 plate appearances. Soto has more walks (17) than strikeouts (16) while registering in the top 1% for exit velocity (94.2 mph) and top 2 percent for hard hit percentage (55.4%).

Soto rested for both games of yesterday’s doubleheader against the Braves, and he figures to get another day or two to rest his elbow. Especially since the Nats are just one game ahead of the Pirates for the worst record in the National League, they are likely to value Soto’s long-term health over any benefit they’ll get from rushing him into action over the final few weeks of what’s bound to be a lost season. Washington sits 5 games out of a wild card spot, and while that deficit isn’t impossible to overcome, they would need to turn around their play drastically enough to leapfrog five other teams in the NL.

Soto missed the first couple of days of the season after testing positive for COVID-19, though he was asymptomatic.

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15 Comments

  1. nats3256

    5 years ago

    Nats season over anyway. No need to push him at all.

    Reply
    • Cora the Destroya

      5 years ago

      You’re likely right but that is what they said last year.

      Reply
  2. Lol Trumpets mad

    5 years ago

    Old age acting up

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  3. ♪

    5 years ago

    Caused by too much bat speed maybe, like when hitting 466 foot home runs down the right field line.

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  4. king beas

    5 years ago

    Even as a Mets fan I hope he doesn’t end up needing TJ surgery

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    • racosun

      5 years ago

      “The Nationals’ young superstar underwent and MRI, but the results were good, so…”

      Reply
  5. jessaumodesto

    5 years ago

    Code for #covid19

    Reply
  6. natsgm

    5 years ago

    Lose lose lose. Get that draft position. Some decisions being made (ex. Brock Holt playing, Voth keeps starting) actually make me think the Nats are trying to

    Reply
  7. VonPurpleHayes

    5 years ago

    I know they were struck with the injury bug, but did anyone expect the Nats to be this awful?

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    • Lol Trumpets mad

      5 years ago

      Rendon leaving, stras being hurt, sherzer being average. Yes.

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      • VonPurpleHayes

        5 years ago

        That’s certainly fair. And there’s an element of them just being hot last year. But they look like they’re going to struggle for quite some time.

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        • Orel Saxhiser

          5 years ago

          They were awful the first part of last season when they were hit with injuries and started 19-31. At 26-34 through 60, they would have fallen short of the playoffs in 2020. Instead, they went 74-38 over their final 112 and…you know the rest.

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      • Cora the Destroya

        5 years ago

        Rendon wasn’t a big miss. He’s not going to produce at the same rate in his later years.

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  8. floridapinstripes

    5 years ago

    Must be from all those Samurai check swings.

    Reply
  9. CBrad B

    5 years ago

    Writer takes Soto news opportunity to jab at champs in undignified way. While might not be a great shortened season start writers like this will never learn if last years turn around by nats didn’t inspire some hubris tone down…what happens when you wrote and don’t ever do and actually battle…glad he isn’t actually on the field or a manger

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