Juan Soto

Juan José Soto Pacheco is a Dominican professional baseball player in the Major Leagues. Soto plays the position of a leftfielder in the MLB. He began his MLB career with the Washington Nationals on May 20, 2018 and has since then played for the San Diego Padres so far. He is now representing the New York Yankees in the league.

Juan Soto hails from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He has established himself as one of the best batters and hitters in MLB. Soto is a 3 time MLB All-Star. He also won the World Series Championship in 2019. Additionally, he has been included in All-MLB First Team twice as well as in All-MLB Second Team. He has also won the Babe Ruth Award and the Silver Slugger Award 4 times in his career. The 2024 season with the New York Yankees will allow him to further impress the fans with his hitting skills.

Juan Soto’s Early Life

Juan Soto was born on 24 October 1998 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He has not revealed his educational background. However, he was a good baseball player even before he came to the United States. He signed his first contract with the Washington Nationals in July 2015 and thus, he started his professional career in the minor leagues.

Throughout Juan Soto's MiLB career, he has represented various teams like the Auburn Doubledays, GCL Nationals (Rookie), Hagerstown Suns (Class-A), Harrisburg Senators (Double-A) and Potomac Nationals. He finally arrived in the MLB with the Washington Nationals on May 20, 2018.

Juan Soto's Personal Life

Juan Soto's Personal life includes his parents Juan Soto, Sr. and Belkis Pacheco. He is a middle child with one elder sister, Natali Soto, and one younger brother, Elian Soto. He often visits the Dominican Republic to be close to his family. He is a fan of Robinson Cano.

Juan Soto has involved himself in giving back to the communities off the field. He had donated $200,000 to support the Tokyo 2020 Dominican Olympians. He shared his earning from the Home Run Derby and All-Star Game in 2021 (around $200,000) for sponsoring a combination of baseball players, boxers and Track and field athletes. Soto is also working to provide clean water to his communities as a way of combating the water crisis.

Juan Soto’s Family Background

Juan Soto's family background consists of his father Juan Soto Sr., his mother Belkis Pacheco, his elder sister Natali Soto Nicoles and his younger brother Elian Soto.

Juan Soto’s father, Juan Soto, Sr. is a salesman in the Dominican Republic. His Mother, Belkis Pacheco is a homemaker. Soto’s father also used to play as a catcher in the local men's league. Juan’s passion and dedication to baseball were nurtured by his father who also is a huge baseball fan. He used to train his son by throwing rocks, bottle caps or crumpled paper at him to hit with a bat.

Belkis Pacheco is the mother of Juan Soto. Her son has described her to be the backbone of the family. She is also the one who has kept her son focused on his way towards becoming a good baseball player.

Natali Soto Nicoles is the elder sister of Juan Soto. However, information about her is not available in the public domain. Elian Soto is the younger brother of Juan Soto. The Washington Nationals signed him as a non-drafted free agent on January 15, 2023.

Juan Soto’s Wife/girlfriend

Juan Soto is presently single and does not have a girlfriend or wife

Juan Soto’s Kids

Juan Soto has no children as of 2024.

Juan Soto’s Social Media

Juan Soto has active social media accounts on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. He has 1.1M followers with 328 posts on his Instagram account, @juansoto_25.

On X, Juan Soto's follower count is 89.4K. His account is called @JuanSoto25_.

Juan Soto’s Net Worth

Juan Soto, as per online sources, has gathered a net worth that is estimated to be around $12 million as of 2024. This net worth mostly comes from his excellent playing skills, his salary increase through contracts, multiple endorsement deals and his business ventures.

The following table shows his net worth over the past few years.

Juan Soto as a Brand Ambassador

Juan Soto has been chosen as a brand ambassador for Lids, a well-known cap-making company. He is also the brand ambassador for Sorare MLB, a fantasy sports game in which the player can become the GM and team owner of baseball teams.

Juan Soto is currently endorsing at multiple brands like Secrets Resort & Spa, GoDominicanRepublic, Tap Sports Baseball ’21, Under Armour, Quickbooks, Topps, Walgreens, Wilson and Wells Fargo. He is estimated to make $2 million from being a brand ambassador for these brands.

Juan Soto’s Investments

There’s not much information available about Juan Soto’s Investments. However, he is the owner of Juan Soto Shop, an apparel company. He earns additional income from this business venture apart from his MLB contracts and his endorsement deals.

Juan Soto’s Career Stats

Juan Soto's career Stats truly confirms that Juan Soto is one of the rising stars in the MLB right now.

Juan Soto’s Achievements

Juan Soto has made his importance known through his playing and has many awards and accolades to his name. His achievement speaks for themselves despite his rather short time since his debut in the MLB.

Juan Soto’s Contract

Juan Soto will earn $31,000,000 from the 2024 MLB season. He signed a 1 year contract worth $31 million with the New York Yankees on January 11, 2024. Based on this contract he, has been guaranteed the same amout as an annual average salary. This is his fourth arbitration contract , following which, he will start his unrestricted free agency in 2025.

Talking about Juan Soto's contract history, he first signed a contract with the Washington Nationals on July 2, 2015 and received $1,500,000 as signing bonus. He next signed a 1 year contract worth $578,300 with the team on March 5, 2019. Then, he signed another 1 year contract with the team worth $629,400 on March 7, 2020. Next, Juan Soto avoided arbitration and signed a 1 year $8.5 million contract with the team on January 15, 2021. He again avoided arbitration and signed a 1 year $17.1 million contract with the team on March 22, 2022. The team traded Juan Soto on August 2, 2022 to the San Diego Padres in return for Robert Hassell, MacKenzie Gore, CJ Abrams, Luke Voit, Jarlin Susana and James Wood. Juan Soto then again avoided arbitration and signed a 1 year contract worth $23 million with the San Diego Padres on January 13, 2023. The team then traded him on December 7, 2023 to the New York Yankees in return for Kyle Higashioka, Drew Thorpe, Randy Vasquez, Michael King and Jhony Brito. This led to Juan Soto signing his latest contract in January 2024.

Juan Soto’s Diet

There’s not much known about Juan Soto’s diet. However, he loves his mother’s cooking the best. He had said in an interview that he eats whatever she makes for him. His favorite dishes made by her are pastelon de platano maduro and pork ribs.

Juan Soto’s House

The San Padres star owns a mansion on Williamsburg Boulevard in Rock Spring. It has two bedrooms, and two and a half bathrooms, However, Soto has put the house up for sale for approximately $1 million.

Juan Soto’s Cars

There’s not much known about Juan Soto’s car.