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Evan & Tiki

Juan Soto Is Back...Can He Actually Save the Mets’ Season?

Evan & Tiki

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Sports

4.2988 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Juan Soto’s return from injury brings a much needed spark to a struggling Mets team, but questions remain about whether it is enough to turn things around. After a brutal stretch, the spotlight shifts to how quickly one superstar can impact a lineup that has been searching for consistency and identity. Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber react to Soto’s recovery, revisit their predictions on his return timeline, and debate whether urgency influenced the decision to bring him back. They also break down the Mets’ ongoing issues, the ripple effect of elite hitters on a lineup, and pivot to the NBA playoffs with thoughts on the Knicks, the unpredictability of early series results, and whether the current format still delivers the same intensity as years past.

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0:00.0

Wednesday, April 22nd.

0:02.0

They just showed him, Evan, about 45 minutes ago on S&Y before they did the replay of this

0:08.0

game for the second time.

0:09.0

Yeah, they replay the game over and over again.

0:11.2

We'll see what happens at 4 o'clock.

0:12.7

They showed him running down the baseline.

0:15.6

Yes.

0:16.6

To first base, look fine.

0:18.5

Then they showed him going home a first to home.

0:21.8

And no limp.

0:22.9

Good.

0:23.4

Look confident.

0:24.1

That's great.

0:24.5

The thing that was most telling to me as a former athlete is that when he was slowing down,

0:31.9

that's when you usually start to, like, you can get yourself up to run, but then when you start to slow down, you start to feel it a little bit feel it a little bit and you start like limping a little bit like hopping to stop none of that well it's great so he looked he looked healthy it is a big help to get Juan Soto back we all know that and it's it's crazy man when he went down in San Francisco the Mets won that game and they won the following two games and so it like, oh, they're going to survive it. But like anytime there's an injury in baseball, for a couple of days, it's almost like no big deal. Yeah. But then it starts to really sink in that you're losing a really good baseball player. And he's a really good baseball player. So hopefully he not only hits, but it gets the other guys going and the

1:11.4

meds could try to save their season. But when one went down with this calf injury and they put

1:15.3

him on the injured list, we do what we all have then do around here. We made some long term

1:20.1

slash short term predictions upon when he would return. Let's check in on another Evan

1:25.4

and Tiki long term prediction. So let's see the day he went on the IL? No, what did we do the voiceover? Oh, you were gone for a few days, Teak. I didn't know about the more ashes and funny either. Evans had some tricks up to sleep, Teak. Wow. Yeah, I got some tricks up by sleep. Geez, you can go make decisions without me? When the John Sterling machine returns, you'll hear this. It's the John Sterling machine. Yeah. You like that one? I do. When Sean falls in love with a player that's not good, you'll hear this. I think the Vito might be the answer. Oh, nice. Very nice. A lot of things going on. So this was when Juan went on the DL. I think it was April 8th, so it was two weeks ago. That feels like two months ago. I know. Well, when you lose twice. Yeah. You know what, Tiki, you're right. Mother's days like two months away. I think with baseball, it's more than anything. Like, there are so many games. But we'll fill that way for evidence. The Mets keep losing.

2:17.6

Oh, my God. For like six months ago.

2:33.2

So let's start things off with me setting up the game and get Tiki's response to lead it off. Again, today is April 22nd. So assuming he's in the lineup today, which is the plan, that is the correct answer. Today is April 7th. Seven. He just went on the injured list.

2:36.0

He is not eligible to return until April 14th.

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