New York Mets second baseman Jeff McNeil was out of the lineup for Thursday's series finale against the Washington Nationals for what manager Carlos Mendoza described as right shoulder soreness.

"It's just the throwing," Mendoza said. "It's been hard for him. Give him the day, see where we're at."

McNeil has been dealing with this since last week, which Mendoza and the Mets tried to counteract by slotting him in as the designated hitter for Saturday and Sunday's wins against the Seattle Mariners.

As it stands, an MRI is not expected, but if the soreness worsens in the coming days, that could obviously change.

"We don't think it's anything serious," Mendoza said. "We're not planning on taking imaging or anything like that. We're going to put him on a medicine, and hopefully calm it down

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