Juan Soto Contract details: all you need to know about Padres Phenom in 2023.
Juan Soto debuted with the Nationals as a 19-year-old in 2018 and quickly became a fan favourite. The Dominican outfielder finished second in the NL Rookie of the Year voting to Ronald Acua Jr. before leading the Nationals to their first World Series title in 2019. J
Over the next three years, he won two Silver Slugger awards, two All-Star selections, the 2020 National League batting title, and the 2022 Home Run Derby title for Washington.
After failing to sign Soto to a long-term contract extension, the Nationals dealt him to the San Diego Padres at the deadline in a blockbuster deal that involved eight different players switching teams.
Juan Soto Profile Summary
- Height: 6-foot-2
- Weight: 224 lbs
- Birthdate: Oct. 25, 1998 (23 years old)
- Hometown: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- MLB experience: 5Â seasons (2018-22)
- Debut: May 20, 2018
- Jersey number: No. 22
- Agent: Scott Boras
Juan Soto Contract details
Juan Soto qualified for arbitration in 2021 as a Super 2 player, allowing him to negotiate a salary a year earlier than most players. He made the league minimum each year from 2018 to 2020 before agreeing with the Nationals on salaries of $8.5 million and $17.1 million in 2021 and 2022, respectively.
Padres get:
- OF Juan Soto
- 1B Josh Bell
Nationals get:
- LHP MacKenzie Gore
- OF Robert Hassell III
- SS C.J. Abrams
- OF James Wood
- RHP Jarlin Susana
- 1B/DH Luke Voit
Initial reports said veteran first baseman Eric Hosmer also was headed to Washington in the deal. Still, Hosmer has a 10-team no-trade clause which includes the Nationals. He rejected a move to D.C. Hours later; reports emerged that Hosmer was headed to the Red Sox, with the Padres set to pay most of the approximately $44 million remaining on his contract.
Reports indicated the Padres will sent Luke Voit to the Nationals to complete the trade.
Current Contract
YEAR | AGE | STATUS | BASE SALARY | LUXURY TAX SALARY | PAYROLL SALARY | ADJUSTED SALARY | YEARLY CASH |
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2023 | 24 | Estimate: $20,303,266 | Â | ||||
2024 | 25 | Â | |||||
2025 | 26 | Â |
Juan Soto’s Career Earnings
BASE SALARY EARNINGS THRU 2022: $26,804,031
SIGNING BONUS EARNINGS THRU 2022: $1,500,000
TOTAL MLB EARNINGS THRU 2022: $28,304,031
Current contract: 1 year, $17,100,000
Remaining seasons of team control: 2023, 2024
Free agency: 2024-25
Juan Soto’s MLB stats
Juan Soto played his final game with the Nationals on Aug. 1, 2022, in which he reached base four times, hit a home run off his former Nationals teammate Max Scherzer, stole a base, and stole a base and threw a runner out at home.
Here are the final stats for Soto’s Nationals career:
- 565Â games, 2,439Â plate appearances, 1,954Â at-bats
- .291Â batting average, .427Â on-base percentage, .538Â slugging percentage
- 569Â hits, 119Â home runs, nine triples, 108Â doubles, 38Â stolen bases
- 358Â RBIs, 399Â runs scored, 464Â walks, 414Â strikeouts