HAGERSTOWN, MD. | Hagerstown Suns center fielder Juan Soto turned his back to home and began sprinting to the fence in the top of the third inning.
The ball hit off the center field wall and, on one bounce, Soto, 19, fielded, turned and fired a strike to the infield to hold Orioles prospect Will Robertson to a double in a game last week.
Gary Thurman, an outfield coordinator for the Nationals’ minor league system, was impressed — and pleased.
“Did he play that perfectly or what?” Thurman said to minor league pitching coordinator Paul Menhart, sitting next to him behind home plate here at aging Municipal Stadium.