Juan Soto injury: Yankees star day-to-day with forearm inflammation, could return this weekend vs. Dodgers [Video]

NEW YORK — New York Yankees slugger Juan Soto is day-to-day with left forearm inflammation, the Yankees announced Friday. Soto left Thursday night’s game against the Minnesota Twins with forearm discomfort and tests Friday revealed the inflammation. He has no structural damage in his elbow and did not require an injection.

“Good news,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said about Soto’s injury. “Obviously, waiting on those results — I think grand scheme of things, we got some good news. Just inflammation in there. We’ll start some medicine and right now treat him as day-to-day.”

Soto is not in Friday’s lineup — it is the first game this season he has not started — but Boone did not rule him out playing at some point this weekend against the Los Angeles Dodgers, possibly as soon as Friday night, presumably as a pinch-hitter.

“It could be the whole series, …