Juan Soto been playing through finger discomfort all season, had targeted Wednesday as a day off before needing to come off the bench in a loss to the Pirates
grimaced noticeably after a swing before the All-Star break against the Angels. The discomfort in his right middle finger popped up again in Philadelphia.
“Right now, just think it’s healing and then it goes bad because I keep playing,” Soto said Wednesday afternoon. “They say it’s going to heal on its own.”has been pleading with his star left fielder to take a day off. Soto finally relented after the Phillies series and the two circled Wednesday — before Thursday’s off-day — as an ideal window to rest the finger.
Wednesday’s effort pushed him up to 82 innings on the season, the most he’s thrown in a season since throwing 101 1/3 innings since 2018. At least not willingly, which is where his month-long break while dealing with a calf injury serves as silver lining.
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