A day after exiting the game after painfully fouling a ball off his left foot in the fourth inning of the Mets' 7-1 loss to the Padres, Juan Soto was out of the lineup, but he was also smiling, and walking relatively well Wednesday.

Juan Soto immediately grimaced, hopping up and down seven times on his right foot before finally attempting to put weight on his left. The result was a pronounced limp, forcing him to a knee. For several minutes after that,