New York Yankees slugger Juan Soto was a late scratch from Saturday’s loss in opposition to the Toronto Blue Jays (field rating) with a bruised proper hand, the group introduced. After the sport, supervisor Aaron Boone advised reporters that Soto is coping with swelling in his hand, however that X-rays got here again damaging and no additional exams are scheduled.

Soto suffered the damage sliding into residence within the fourth inning of Friday’s win (NY 16, TOR 5). His hand got here down on the plate laborious and he was seen within the dugout grimacing and shaking it out later within the inning. Soto did stay within the sport and hit an extended three-run residence run within the sixth inning. His hand was clearly wrapped up on Saturday:

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For sure, shedding Soto for any size of time would have been a devastating blow to a Yankees group that, regardless of Friday’s blowout win, has misplaced eight of their final 10 video games and 13 of their final 21 video games. Soto is on the brief checklist of the sport’s greatest hitters and is unimaginable to interchange. He is hitting .302/.434/.570 with 20 homers and leads MLB in on-base share.

The Yankees are already with out Anthony Rizzo (damaged hand) and Giancarlo Stanton (hamstring pressure), each of whom can be out a number of extra weeks. Previous to Friday’s outburst, the Yankees had scored two runs or fewer in 4 of their final six video games. Soto and Aaron Decide are two of the perfect hitters within the sport, however they’re solely two males.

That is Soto’s second damage scare of June. He missed three video games with left forearm irritation from June 7-9, although exams confirmed no structural injury. Soto didn’t obtain an injection or something past remedy and regular remedy.