Undeniably, Juan Soto is one of baseball’s best young superstar talents. Notably, he finished his age-20 and first postseason with an OPS of .927 and five home runs. On Wednesday, Soto turned 21 years of age in style.
Not only did Soto have two hits in game seven of the World Series, but he and the Washington Nationals won the franchise’s first world title. Then, Soto did what any responsible 21-year old would do. He had his first legal beer, as evidenced in the following video from twitter:
JUAN SOTO JUST DRANK HIS FIRST BEER 🍻
(via @BleacherReport)https://t.co/B2GFW7Shbg
— Yahoo Sports MLB (@MLByahoosports) October 31, 2019
Moreover, we had a feeling that Soto-mania was upon us with the way the NL Wildcard Game ended to kick off the MLB postseason. Following that up was more strong play from a player who figures to enter 2020 with higher expectations and a chance to transform the sport.
Already, Soto has received comparisons and parallel reminders to a Hall of Fame player in Ken Griffey Jr.; at least offensively. In this case, Soto achieved something during his age-20 season that Griffey couldn’t in his entire career. Of course, that feat is winning a World Series title.
Little did the Washington fan base or organization know that when Bryce Harper left for Philadelphia, the seeds of a new superstar were already planted upon the soil at Nationals Park in Washington.
Furthermore, for all Soto’s greatness during the 2019 regular season; he was put on display for the eyes of the sport in the postseason. Within it, he delivered time and again with big hits and incredible defense.
Now, baseball has another young talent to promote; and that’s good for the game. The question is no longer ‘if’ Soto will win a title but how many, which is always nice when dealing with a young up and coming talent in any sport.
Certainly, he is a fun and easy topic to provide content about; which is the only sad part about this post. For several months, we will have to wait out the offseason for his return to the forefront.
Billy Martin once said that winning makes the beer taste sweeter. Without question, Soto can attest to this.
