Juan Soto

Bats L Throws L6'2" 224 lbBorn 1998 Santo Domingo, D.R.Debut 2018Team NYM5x All-StarContract 15 y/$765M (25-39) 2026: $61,875,000

Awards: NL Silver Slugger x3, All-MLB First Team x2, Silver Slugger x2, TSN All-Star x2, AL Silver Slugger

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 150.4FIELD+ 91.3 at RFTotal 4.85 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	589	466	129	21	1	32	116	108	17	0.276	0.421	0.531	0.951	0.254	0.408	18.4	19.7	171.4	6.98
2027	526	421	116	18	1	27	98	90	10	0.275	0.412	0.518	0.930	0.243	0.399	17.1	18.7	166.4	5.91

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 26

His ten closest age-26 comparables averaged 165 HIT+ the next season; 9 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Charlie Keller	1943	155.2	did not play
2	Tris Speaker	1914	166.5	152.7	652
3	Mel Ott	1935	152.5	174.9	660
4	Darryl Strawberry	1988	146.7	122.6	541
5	Stan Musial	1947	167.1	199.0	694
6	Ken Griffey	1996	143.2	157.1	704
7	Shoeless Joe Jackson	1914	179.0	144.0	530
8	Ty Cobb	1913	179.8	196.7	414
9	Barry Bonds	1991	137.1	202.9	612
10	Bobby Murcer	1972	144.9	134.2	672

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			526		116	18	1	27		10	98	90	0.275	0.412	0.518	0.930	166.4
2026*	NYN	84	359	46	83	8	2	21		7	63	48	0.283	0.408	0.539	0.947	160.5
2025	NYM	160	714	120	152	20	1	43	105	38	127	137	0.263	0.396	0.525	0.921	157.6
2024	NYY	157	713	128	166	31	4	41	109	7	129	119	0.288	0.419	0.569	0.989	180.8
2023	SD	162	708	97	156	32	1	35	109	12	132	129	0.275	0.410	0.519	0.930	156.5
2022	SD	153	663	93	127	25	2	27	62	6	135	96	0.242	0.401	0.452	0.853	153.7
2021	WSH	151	654	111	157	20	2	29	95	9	145	93	0.313	0.465	0.534	0.999	172.3
2020	WSH	47	196	39	54	14	0	13	37	6	41	28	0.351	0.490	0.695	1.185	198.8
2019	WSH	150	659	110	153	32	5	34	110	12	108	132	0.282	0.401	0.548	0.949	138.6
2018	WSH	116	494	77	121	25	1	22	70	5	79	99	0.292	0.406	0.517	0.923	143.7
Career		1096	4801	775	1086	199	16	244	697	95	896	833	0.282	0.417	0.531	0.948	160.0

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	359	92.5	16.3	14.3	48.6	20.6	19.8	0.297	0.589	0.422	25.9
2025	715	93.8	12.0	18.2	55.3	22.4	16.0	0.288	0.608	0.429	25.8
2024	713	94.2	10.7	19.8	57.0	21.5	18.3	0.310	0.655	0.463	26.8
2023	708	93.2	6.7	13.1	55.3	20.5	16.7	0.279	0.539	0.407	26.8
2022	664	91.0	9.1	12.4	47.4	19.4	17.3	0.263	0.516	0.403	26.6
2021	654	93.0	5.8	13.3	52.7	20.0	12.2	0.299	0.547	0.429	27.0
2020	196	92.1	4.3	18.3	51.6	21.4	15.9	0.332	0.696	0.475	26.3
2019	659	92.0	12.5	13.1	47.8	24.0	20.3	0.285	0.575	0.409	27.3
2018	494	90.5	6.2	10.9	42.2	22.3	18.4	0.262	0.483	0.372	27.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
2025	NYM	OF	157	1374	249	8	1	1	0.996
2024	NYY	OF	151	1330	302	10	2	1	0.994
2023	SD	OF	154	1345	254	10	3	2	0.989
2022	SD	OF	151	1298	304	3	3	0	0.990
2021	WSH	OF	144	1226	295	5	6	1	0.980
2020	WSH	OF	42	332	64	1	0	0	1.000
2019	WSH	OF	150	1327	273	0	2	0	0.993
2018	WSH	OF	114	987	207	4	2	2	0.991

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2018	AA	Harrisburg Senators	Bat	35	2 HR, 1 SB	0.323	0.981
2018	A+	Potomac Nationals	Bat	73	7 HR, 0 SB	0.371	1.256
2018	A	Hagerstown Suns	Bat	74	5 HR, 2 SB	0.373	1.300
2017	A	Hagerstown Suns	Bat	96	3 HR, 1 SB	0.360	0.950
2017	Rk	GCL Nationals	Bat	27	0 HR, 0 SB	0.320	0.810
2016	Rk	GCL Nationals	Bat	183	5 HR, 5 SB	0.361	0.960

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.367	0.418	0.451	0.354
2025	0.350	0.433	0.392	0.415
2024	0.424	0.433	0.420	0.440
2023	0.365	0.420	0.378	0.428
2022	0.325	0.417	0.377	0.390
2021	0.388	0.462	0.402	0.466
2020	0.496	0.498	0.489	0.504
2019	0.373	0.428	0.431	0.387

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2024	14	49	12	16	3	4	9	0	14	9	0.327	0.469	0.633	1.101
2022	12	46	7	11	2	2	7	1	4	10	0.239	0.314	0.413	0.727
2019	17	65	12	18	3	5	14	1	9	21	0.277	0.373	0.554	0.927
Career	43	160	31	45	8	11	30	2	27	40	0.281	0.389	0.537	0.927