Juan Soto

Juan José Soto Pacheco born October 25 1998 is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball MLB He has previously played in MLB for the Washington Nationals San Diego Padres and New York Yankees Soto is a fivetime Silver Slugger Award winner and fourtime AllStar Soto signed with the Nationals as an international free agent in 2015 He made his MLB debut in 2018 and was the runnerup for the NL Rookie of the Year Award In 2019 he played a key part in the Nationals first World Series championship earning him the Babe Ruth Award In 2020 he won the National League batting title with a 351 average After being traded to the Padres at the 2022 trade deadline Soto was dealt to the Yankees following the 2023 season In his lone season with the team he reached the 2024 World Series and finished third in AL MVP voting After becoming a free agent for the first time in his career Soto signed a 15year 765 million contract with the Mets in the offseason the largest contract in professional sports history Soto is renowned for his exceptional plate discipline and known for his unique batters box movements dubbed the Soto Shuffle Description above from the Wikipedia article Shohei Ohtani licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia