Bio

Juan José Soto Pacheco (born October 25, 1998) is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB). Soto signed with the Washington Nationals as an international free agent in July 2015. He made his professional debut in 2016 with the Gulf Coast League Nationals in the rookie-level Gulf Coast League and was named the Gulf Coast League Most Valuable Player after hitting .368 with five home runs and 32 runs batted in (RBIs). Soto made his major-league debut on May 20, 2018, becoming the youngest player in the major leagues at 19 years 207 days, and the first player born in 1998 to appear in a major-league game.