Juan Soto has previously played in MLB for the Washington Nationals.
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Juan Soto signed with the Nationals as an international free agent in 2015.
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Juan Soto made his MLB debut in 2018 and was the runner-up for the NL Rookie of the Year Award.
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Juan Soto won the Silver Slugger Award in 2020 and 2021 and was an All-Star in 2021 and 2022.
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Juan Soto's younger brother, Elian, is a third baseman and outfielder who has a verbal agreement to sign with the Nationals organization as an international free agent once he is eligible in January 2023.
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Juan Soto's father, a salesman, was a catcher in a local men's league and encouraged his son to make baseball his passion.
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Juan Soto signed with the Washington Nationals as an international free agent in July 2015.
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Juan Soto made his professional debut in 2016 with the Gulf Coast League Nationals in the rookie-level Gulf Coast League and was named the GCL's most valuable player after hitting.
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Juan Soto did not return to the Suns in 2017, but he had two rehabilitation stints with the Gulf Coast Nationals, one of five games in July 2017 and a second one of four games in September 2017 before injuring his hamstring and finally being shut down for the season.
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Juan Soto entered 2018 as one of the minor leagues' top prospects.
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Juan Soto came on as a pinch-hitter in the 8th inning of a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Nationals Park in Washington, D C, and struck out swinging against right-handed relief pitcher Erik Goeddel.
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Juan Soto became the youngest player in franchise history to hit a home run and the first teenager to homer in a major-league game since Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper did it at age 19 in 2012.
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Juan Soto had hit three home runs in his first five plate appearances against the Yankees.
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Juan Soto finished second in voting for NL Rookie of the Year to Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr.
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Juan Soto later became the seventh MLB player in history to reach 30 home runs before their 21st birthday.
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In Game 3 of the NLDS, Juan Soto hit his first career postseason home run off Hyun-jin Ryu.
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In in the decisive Game 5 of the NLDS, Juan Soto hit an RBI single in the 6th inning off of Walker Buehler and later hit a game-tying home run in the top of the 8th off Clayton Kershaw.
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In Game 1 of the World Series, Juan Soto hit a home run off of Astros' ace Gerrit Cole to start the fourth inning and became the fourth youngest player in MLB history to ever hit a home run in a World Series.
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In Game 6, Juan Soto hit his third home run of the series off Justin Verlander, a go-ahead solo run home run, to help force a decisive Game 7.
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Juan Soto was named to the All-MLB Second Team in the first edition of the annual award.
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Juan Soto won his first career Silver Slugger Award and was named to the All-MLB First Team for the first time in his career.
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Juan Soto was named a reserve to the National League All Star Team for the 2021 All Star Game, receiving his first All-Star selection.
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Juan Soto reinforced his reputation as the most disciplined hitter in baseball by swinging at an MLB-low 15.
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Juan Soto joined Ted Williams as the only players in MLB history to have led the major leagues in on base percentage multiple times by age 22.
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Juan Soto swung at the lowest percentage of pitches of all major leaguers, at 35.
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Juan Soto was the runner up in National League Most Valuable Player Award voting, losing out to Bryce Harper.
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At the age of 23 years, 169 days, Juan Soto became the youngest player to reach that milestone in Nationals history and the eighth-youngest player to reach the milestone in MLB history.
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Juan Soto reportedly rejected a 15-year, $440 million contract extension offer by the Nationals during the 2022 season.
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Juan Soto was named to the 2022 Major League Baseball All-Star Game and participated in the 2022 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby, which he won.
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Juan Soto became the second youngest Home Run Derby winner behind Juan Gonzalez who won in 1993; Soto was one day older.
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Juan Soto is known for his exceptional plate discipline, ranking 5th all time in walk rate and 10th all time in career on-base percentage among hitters with least 2000 plate appearances at the conclusion of the 2021 season.
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Juan Soto says he started the routine in the minor leagues "to get in the minds of the pitchers, because sometimes they get scared".
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Juan Soto employs a "two-strike approach" in which he raises his grip along the bat handle and adopts a wider, lower stance, sometimes described as a crouch, in the batter's box.
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Juan Soto is noted for his ability to drive the ball to all fields, even on a two-strike count.
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Juan Soto is statistically a significantly better defender in right field than in left field: in left field he has produced -3.
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