The numbers Juan Soto put up in 2019 (.282/.401/.548, 32 doubles, 34 HRs, 142 wRC+, 4.8 fWAR in 150 games and 659 plate appearances), look a lot like the stats he posted as a first-year player in 2018 (.292/.406/.517, 25 2B, 22 HRs, 145 wRC+, 3.7 fWAR in 116 G and 494 PAs).
Soto, 21, avoided a sophomore slump last season, and adjusted to what opposing pitchers were trying to do to him in his second big league campaign.
He got off to a relatively slow start, and his second-half wasn’t as good as his first, but overall, the Washington Nationals’ left fielder, who also put up a .