Juan Soto debuted with the Nationals as a 19-year-old in 2018 and quickly became a fan favourite. The Dominican outfielder finished second in the NL Rookie of the Year voting to Ronald Acua Jr. before leading the Nationals to their first World Series title in 2019.
Juan Soto Profile Summary
Height: 6-foot-2
Weight: 224 lbs
Birthdate: Oct. 25, 1998 (23 years old)
Hometown: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
MLB experience: 5 seasons (2018-22)
Debut: May 20, 2018
Jersey number: No. 22
Agent: Scott Boras
Juan Soto Contract details
Juan Soto qualified for arbitration in 2021 as a Super 2 player, allowing him to negotiate a salary a year earlier than most players. He made the league minimum each year from 2018 to 2020 before agreeing with the Nationals on salaries of $8.5 million and $17.1 million in 2021 and 2022, respectively.
Padres get:
OF Juan Soto
1B Josh Bell
Nationals get:
LHP MacKenzie Gore
OF Robert Hassell III
SS C.J. Abrams
OF James Wood
RHP Jarlin Susana
1B/DH Luke Voit
Initial reports said veteran first baseman Eric Hosmer also was headed to Washington in the deal. Still, Hosmer has a 10-team no-trade clause which includes the Nationals. He rejected a move to D.C. Hours later; reports emerged that Hosmer was headed to the Red Sox, with the Padres set to pay most of the approximately $44 million remaining on his contract.
Reports indicated the Padres will sent Luke Voit to the Nationals to complete the trade.
Juan Soto’s Career Earnings
BASE SALARY EARNINGS THRU 2022: $26,804,031
SIGNING BONUS EARNINGS THRU 2022: $1,500,000
TOTAL MLB EARNINGS THRU 2022: $28,304,031
Current contract: 1 year, $17,100,000
Remaining seasons of team control: 2023, 2024
Free agency: 2024-25
Juan Soto’s MLB stats
Juan Soto played his final game with the Nationals on Aug. 1, 2022, in which he reached base four times, hit a home run off his former Nationals teammate Max Scherzer, stole a base, and stole a base and threw a runner out at home.
Here are the final stats for Soto’s Nationals career:
565 games, 2,439 plate appearances, 1,954 at-bats
.291 batting average, .427 on-base percentage, .538 slugging percentage
569 hits, 119 home runs, nine triples, 108 doubles, 38 stolen bases
358 RBIs, 399 runs scored, 464 walks, 414 strikeouts
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