The return of Juan Soto — or rather the season debut — is upon us.
Soto, the young Washington Nationals star, is set to make his 2020 debut Wednesday after missing the first week and a half of the season with a positive coronavirus test that came the morning of the Nats’ opening night game against the Yankees. Nats manager Dave Martinez announced that Soto is hitting cleanup Wednesday and playing left field in his return to the lineup.
Soto wasn’t in the lineup Tuesday night, when the Nats beat the Mets 5-3 in D.