Juan Soto made pinch hit appearances in each of his first three games after coming off of the Injured List, but he had to test the left shoulder which landed him on the 10-Day IL to assure Washington Nationals’ skipper Davey Martinez and the team’s trainers he was good to throw from the outfield before they allowed him to return to the lineup in right field.
Soto was the DH in the series opener with the New York Yankees in Yankee Stadium Friday night, going 2 for 5 with a groundout and two strikeouts in his first three trips to the plate, before he hit a single and two-run home run in his last two plate appearances.