Juan Soto

Juan Soto
Soto with the San Diego Padres in 2022
New York Mets – No. 22
Outfielder
Born: (1998-10-25) October 25, 1998 (age 26) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Bats: Left Throws: Left
MLB debut
May 20, 2018, for the Washington Nationals
MLB statistics (through 2024 season)
Batting average	.285
Hits	934
Home runs	201
Runs batted in	592
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
Washington Nationals (2018–2022) San Diego Padres (2022–2023) New York Yankees (2024)
Career highlights and awards
4× All-Star (2021–2024) World Series champion (2019) 3× All-MLB First Team (2020, 2021, 2024) All-MLB Second Team (2019) 5× Silver Slugger Award (2020–2024) NL batting champion (2020)

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 five-time Silver Slugger Award winner and four-time All-Star.

Soto signed with the Nationals as an international free agent in 2015. He made his MLB debut in 2018 and was the runner-up 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 15-year, $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 batter's box movements, dubbed the "Soto Shuffle".