Anthony DiComo on the Mets Trade Deadline | 'WFAN Daily with Pete Hoffman'

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**Pete Hoffman** (0:32)
Anthony DiComo of mlb.com does a great job covering the New York Mets, even though out of everything, this may be the hardest season to cover such a bad team. And I apologize for what you have to go out and do on a daily basis. But thank you for doing it.

**Anthony DiComo** (0:50)
I appreciate that. You know, they say actually the hardest seasons to cover are the ones where the team's like 81 and 81, and you just don't really know either way. When they're this bad, it's kind of easier. The narratives are very clear, especially this time of year, trade deadline. Yeah.

**Pete Hoffman** (1:06)
Well, listen, let's get right to it. There's the latest news on Juan Soto, who got pulled in the sixth inning, calf soreness.
If I got it right, there's going to be an MRI tomorrow. Give me exactly what they told you and how did this go down with Juan Soto?

**Anthony DiComo** (1:26)
Yeah, you got it exactly right. And to be clear, this is not the same calf that put Juan Soto on the IL for two and a half weeks back in April, but it's the other calf. And it seems like it's definitely at least possible that it could put Juan Soto on the IL again. He's been dealing with this for over a week now. This is dating back to last weekend in Philadelphia coming out of the All-Star break. And at the time, the Mets termed it as very minor. I think there was truth in that.
But it was nagging. And he sat out again.
Again, he comes out early today. The Mets have been cautious with him using the DH instead of left field. But clearly, this thing isn't going away. And in what is very obviously becoming a lost season for the Mets, I do think you have to proceed with caution here. So we'll see what the MRI says. The Mets aren't going to make any decisions until tomorrow when they get those results back. But like I said, I think with your $765 million player, one of the very few bright spots on this roster this season, you sort of have to proceed the cautious route here.

**Pete Hoffman** (2:32)
Yeah, 100% and funny, you know, he's having a great season, but he has missed a lot of time and it seems like he's going to miss more time. Is it possible that the New York Mets, if they find out the news isn't great, that it is a lost season, they just shut them down the rest of the way?

**Anthony DiComo** (2:51)
No, I don't think you'd be looking at that with a calf injury. Again, I mean, we'll see how severe it is once we get those MRI results tomorrow. But, you know, a worse case for this kind of injury is probably like four to six weeks. And this definitely does not seem like a worst case. This seems like a relatively minor sort of nagging thing. So I do think they will arrest him until he gets absolutely right, whether that's a matter of a couple of days, a short IELTS and a more extended IELTS, then we'll see. But no, no, I would fully expect to see Soto again this season.

**Pete Hoffman** (3:22)
And this has nothing to do with the fact that Francisco is outdoors, back and healthy and he's tired of playing baseball, right?

**Anthony DiComo** (3:31)
I can assure you that Wans Soto wants to be out there. Trust me, this dude wants to put up numbers.

**Pete Hoffman** (3:36)
Well, listen, I've heard that from so many other people, like that have played with him, that he's a great teammate.
And then I hear from other people that are, you know, coaches or behind the scenes people where it's like, oh, he just, he's kind of to himself. He kind of is a loner type of thing at times, and he's maybe not the best teammate, does it make a difference? I mean, you've been around this team for a long time. Do you need to have a guy that is buddy buddies and a vocal teammate? Like, or can you survive as a Wansoto and just be, not say for yourself and be selfish, but somebody that's just focused on being as good as you possibly can be?