Padres star left fielder leaves 'B' game with 'mild' left oblique strain
Even before catcher Austin Nola was carted off the field with an
during a Cactus League game in Mesa, Ariz., left fielder Juan Soto had to cut short an appearance in a minor-league game at the Peoria Sports Complex with what has been initially diagnosed as a mild left oblique strain.Advertisement The injury to his left side is said to be better for a left-handed hitter than if it were on his front side. But any oblique injury this close to opening day is concerning. Oblique strains can sideline a player anywhere from days to months, which was the reason one source gave for the team being “careful.”
Even after going 0-for-3 Saturday in his first game back from the World Baseball Classic, Soto is batting .571 with three doubles, a home run and a walk in the Cactus League. In four WBC games, he was 6-for-15 with three double, two homers and three walks. The two home runs traveled 401 feet to right field and 448 feet to center field.
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