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.

The team announced that Soto had a bruised foot and that X-rays were negative.

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,