This has been a year of adjustments on and off the field for Nationals left fielder Juan Soto, who made his big league debut in May. And those transitions didn’t stop once the season was over as Soto faced new challenges during a tour of Japan with a group of Major League players in November.
The 20-year-old left-handed slugger continued to hit homers against Japanese pitchers who rely more on guile than hard heat. And off the field, the Dominican Republic native was able to experience some new cuisine in the Far East.