Jeff McNeil was penciled in to start at right field for the Mets in their 4:10 p.m. finale with the Padres at Petco Park. Francisco Lindor slid down one spot into the third spot, while Mark Vientos jumped into the No. 2 hole.

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.