Soto was ultimately deemed decent enough to remain in the game. When Soto’s name appeared in the Yankees’ original lineup for their Friday night game at Oakland Coliseum, it seemed like the possible end of the scare.

New York Yankees star Juan Soto will undergo X-rays after suffering a knee injury while making a sliding catch against the Seattle Mariners on Thursday,

Yankees outfielder Juan Soto will get X-rays "just to make sure" after he banged his knee into the wall "pretty good" while making a sliding catch vs. the Mariners.

Juan Soto was worried sick that his season might be over the afternoon after the Yankees clinched a playoff spot. His left knee was killing him after slid hard into the concrete base of a foul-territory wall in deep right field Thursday as he was making a tremendous catch.

The rightfielder slammed hard into the wall in foul territory pursuing a fly ball, but after several tense minutes stayed in the game.