Age, Biography, and Wiki
Born to Juan Soto Sr. and Belkis Pacheco, Juan grew up in a tough neighborhood in Santo Domingo and was encouraged from a young age to pursue baseball by his father, a former catcher and salesman. Soto’s father also influenced his left-handed batting style despite him being naturally right-handed. His younger brother Elian also signed with the Nationals in 2023.
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| Date of Birth | 25 October 1998 |
| Age | 26 Years |
| Birth Place | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| Horoscope | Scorpio |
| Country | Dominican Republic |
Height, Weight & Measurements
Juan Soto stands 6 feet 1 inch (185 cm) tall and weighs approximately 224 pounds (102 kg). He bats and throws left-handed.
In the Nationals' first game of the season on April 6, 2021, Soto hit a walk-off single off Will Smith of the Atlanta Braves for his first career walk-off hit. On April 20, Soto was put on the 10-day injured list for a left shoulder strain and was reinstated to the active roster on May 4. On July 4, Soto was named a reserve to the National League All-Star Team for the 2021 All-Star Game, receiving his first All-Star selection. Soto also participated in the Home Run Derby for the first time, where he upset top-seeded Los Angeles Angels pitcher/designated hitter Shohei Ohtani in double-overtime before losing in the semifinal to eventual repeat winner Pete Alonso of the New York Mets. In 2021, Soto batted .313/.465/.534 with 29 home runs, 95 RBIs, and 111 runs scored. He reinforced his reputation as the most disciplined hitter in baseball by swinging at an MLB-low 15.1% of pitches outside the strike zone, leading the next closest player, Dodgers infielder Max Muncy, by 4.0 percentage points. 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. His total of 145 walks was the highest in a single season since Barry Bonds set the major league record with 232 in 2004. Soto's former teammate Bryce Harper of the Philadelphia Phillies ranked second in the league with 100 walks, making Soto only the 6th player in the live-ball era to have led his league in walks by a margin of 40 or more. He led the major leagues in walk percentage, at 22.2%, and intentional walks, with 23. He had the best walk/strikeout ratio in the majors, at 1.56. He swung at the lowest percentage of pitches of all major leaguers, at 35.0%.
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| Weight | 102 kg |
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Dating & Relationship Status
There is no publicly available detailed information about Juan Soto’s current dating or relationship status from the provided sources.
and Belkis Pacheco. He has an older sister and a younger brother, Elian, who signed with the Nationals as an international free agent once he became eligible in January 2023. His father was a salesman and a catcher in a local men's league and encouraged his sons to make baseball their passion.
In Game 1 of the World Series, Soto hit a home run off 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. Game 3 of the World Series fell on October 25, Soto's 21st birthday, fulfilling an approximately 10-year-old prediction made by his father who had said that Soto would play in the World Series on his birthday. In Game 5 of the series, Soto hit another home run off Cole, providing the lone Nationals' run in a 7–1 loss which put the Nationals down 3 games to 2 in the best-of-seven series. In Game 6, 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.
On August 21, in an 8-1 victory over the Cleveland Guardians, Soto hit a two-run home run to deep center in his first at-bat for his 36th of the season, giving him a new career-high in a single season. He became the first Yankee in the expansion era (since 1961), to hit a home run for 8 straight hits (dating from August 11 against the Texas Rangers) and the first player in all of baseball since Joey Votto in July 2021. On September 17, in a 11-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park, Soto hit a two-run homer in the 4th inning and reached the milestone of hitting a home run in all 30 current Major League stadiums. It was also his career-high 40th homer and the 200th career homer for Soto, who became the seventh-youngest player in Major League history to reach the plateau, at 25 years and 328 days old.
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Soto signed with the Washington Nationals as an international free agent for a $1.5 million signing bonus in July 2015. He made his professional debut in 2016 with the Gulf Coast League Nationals in the rookie-level Gulf Coast League (GCL) and was named the GCL's most valuable player after hitting .368 with five home runs and 32 runs batted in (RBIs). In September 2016 he was promoted to the Auburn Doubledays of the Class A-Short Season New York-Penn League near the end of the 2016 season. Appearing in six games for the Doubledays, he went 9-for-21 (.429) with three doubles and an RBI. He finished the 2016 season with an overall batting average of .368, five home runs, and 32 RBIs.
On January 13, 2023, Soto signed a one-year, $23 million contract with the Padres, avoiding salary arbitration. Overall in 2023, Soto played in all 162 games with a .275 batting average, 35 home runs, 109 RBIs and an MLB-leading 132 walks.
On December 6, 2023, the Padres traded Soto and Trent Grisham to the New York Yankees for Michael King, Drew Thorpe, Jhony Brito, Randy Vásquez, and Kyle Higashioka. Soto and the Yankees avoided salary arbitration prior to the start of the 2024 season, agreeing to a one-year contract worth $31 million. From March 28 to 31, Soto went 9-for-17 with a home run, a double and four RBI and also collected an outfield assist on Opening Day by throwing out the tying run at the plate on the penultimate play of the game. On April 1, Soto was named the American League Player of the Week for the first week of the season.
On December 11, 2024, Soto signed a 15-year, $765 million contract with the New York Mets, the largest contract in professional sports history. The contract gave him a $75 million signing bonus and contained a club option between 2030–2039 that would increase the base salary by $4 million per year, which if declined would allow him to opt out after the 2029 season.
Education
In summary, Juan Soto is a young Dominican baseball prodigy known for his exceptional hitting skills and record-setting contracts. He has quickly risen to superstardom in MLB, with a compelling background shaped by family support and early dedication to the sport.
Promoted to play with the Hagerstown Suns of the Class A South Atlantic League in 2017, Soto got off to a hot start before injuring his ankle while sliding into home in a game on May 2 and landing on the disabled list. At the time of his injury, he was batting .360 with three home runs in 23 games with the Suns. In July 2017, MLB Pipeline ranked Soto the Nationals' second-best prospect and the 42nd-best among all prospects. Soto did not return to the Suns in 2017, but he had two rehabilitation stints with the GCL 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. In those nine games in the GCL, he went 8-for-25 (.320) with a double, a triple, and four RBIs. He finished the 2017 season with a batting average of .351, three home runs, and 18 RBIs.
Soto entered 2018 as one of the minor leagues' top prospects. He started the season with Hagerstown, hitting .373 in 16 games with five home runs and 24 RBIs, before being promoted in late April to the Potomac Nationals in the Class A-Advanced Carolina League. After 15 games with Potomac, in which he hit .371 with seven home runs and 18 RBIs, he was promoted in mid-May to the Harrisburg Senators in the Double-A Eastern League. He had appeared in eight games for the Senators, going 10-for-31 (.323) with two doubles, two home runs, and 10 RBIs. On May 20, the Nationals called him up to the major leagues for the first time to reinforce their outfield after an injury to second baseman and outfielder Howie Kendrick.
