{"id":667306,"date":"2026-04-07T00:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T00:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/667306\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T00:00:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T00:00:29","slug":"mets-place-juan-soto-on-il-ahead-of-series-vs-diamondbacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/667306\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets place Juan Soto on IL ahead of series vs. Diamondbacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 New York Mets outfielder Juan Soto <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Mets\/status\/2041222072089633181?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">is projected<\/a> to miss two to three weeks because of a strained right calf.<\/p>\n<p>New York put the four-time All-Star on the 10-day injured list Monday, a move retroactive to Saturday. The Mets said the typical timeframe for a return to play for this type of injury is about two to three weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Infielder Ronny Mauricio was recalled from Triple-A Syracuse.<\/p>\n<p>Soto, 27, is in the second season of a record $765 million, 15-year contract. He is hitting .355 with one homer and five RBIs in eight games after batting .263 with 43 homers, 105 RBIs, 38 stolen bases, 127 walks and a .921 OPS in his first season with the Mets.<\/p>\n<p>Soto was hurt Friday night trying to run from first to third during the Mets\u2019 10-3 win at San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>The Mets host the Arizona Diamondbacks for a three-game series beginning Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/mlb\/arizona-diamondbacks\/time-change-mets\/3617025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">start times<\/a> for the first two games have been moved up with cold weather and windy conditions expected.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AZSports\" data-show-count=\"false\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Follow @AZSports<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/arizona-sports-newsletter-signup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AZSportsEmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"mobile-signup\"\/>\t&#13;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AZSportsEmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"desktop-signup\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 New York Mets outfielder Juan Soto is projected to miss two to three weeks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2404],"tags":[146,22,4314,5,38,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-667306","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-diamondbacks","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-arizona-diamondbacks","10":"tag-arizonadiamondbacks","11":"tag-baseball","12":"tag-diamondbacks","13":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116360488418430424","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}