My favorite Soto story is when one of his Minor league coaches told him to upgrade from the air mattress he was sleeping on and Soto was basically just like “nah, I’m not gonna be around here long enough to need a real bed”
@@trippyson8902 Juan Soto: When I was promoted to AA I was sleeping on an air mattress. The manager we had told me: "It's a long season, we want you to sleep on a regular bed" then I told him: "Don't worry, I won't be here for a long time", 7 days later I was called up to the Majors.
Soto is an outstanding hitter. The eye discipline, the ability to hit to all fields, the power. Guy can be one of the greats if everything goes his way.
I’m here after his homer in the ALCS. hearing how dominant this guy was in these minors and watching him lick his lips at pitches from a top notch reliever like Gaddis with two outs, two strikes… I have no words
Soto is probably one of my favorite current players in the league right now. But as someone who loves and wants to play baseball for a living, it's hard not to think it's impossible when you're not someone as talented as Soto
It’s not easy. Unfortunately, unlike basketball, which has opportunities to be a professional in practically every country, opportunities in baseball are far more limited. This doesn’t mean you can’t do it though.
If it helps, Soto's one of the best hitters in the game and a good candidate for a record breaking contract. You do not need to be nearly as talented as Soto to go professional. He's been around 80% better than the league average hitter this season. That means that there are guys out there who are about half as good as Juan Soto at hitting a baseball and still professional position players. Some of them are even considered good/decent players, usually by virtue of their ability to play defense. That said it's still nearly impossible. But I hope you make it.
As a Nats fan, It’s either the Yankees or us… is what I tell myself in my dreams before I go to bed every single night. You have no idea how much body parts/limbs I would cut off for him to come back.
I want the Mets to outbid the Yankees, but honestly the Yankees have no business letting that happen. Hal and company have the money and the one two punch of Judge and Soto is the sort of thing you can't replicate. (Yeah, I want Soto/Lindor, but only a fool would pretend the pairing in the Bronx hasn't been a wonder.)
It's sad the Nats couldn't afford him but at least he helped bring a ring. It's insanity that the Padres treated for him and traded him away. What was the point of that?
@@uJceinope it was actually Bally sports going bankrupt and they had the tv rights to like 12 teams padres being one of them.Because they had an uncertain revenue (tv money) they had to slash payroll significantly by 90 million and peter seidler passed away.
@uJcei In my opinion San Diego made a bad business. They better win a world Serie in the next 3 o 4 Years. Otherwise They will stuck with Machado and Bogaerts. They both have expensive long term contract.
The scouting reports of Soto in dr are bull here, I’ve seen some note his advanced hitting approach and calling him a gamer. It brings into question all these in depth videos you do.
Double a was the place they use to bring up the talent. Triple a was for old veterans who couldn’t make it up. It’s now different where you call up only triple a
My favorite Soto story is when one of his Minor league coaches told him to upgrade from the air mattress he was sleeping on and Soto was basically just like “nah, I’m not gonna be around here long enough to need a real bed”
😂😂😂 dam
@@trippyson8902 Juan Soto: When I was promoted to AA I was sleeping on an air mattress. The manager we had told me: "It's a long season, we want you to sleep on a regular bed" then I told him: "Don't worry, I won't be here for a long time", 7 days later I was called up to the Majors.
Lol what a boss move!!
@@TimothyWengerLol damn, Soto a wild dude.
Its 100% true , Soto told the story in spanish
Soto is an outstanding hitter. The eye discipline, the ability to hit to all fields, the power. Guy can be one of the greats if everything goes his way.
He has his legendary moment now
I’m here after his homer in the ALCS. hearing how dominant this guy was in these minors and watching him lick his lips at pitches from a top notch reliever like Gaddis with two outs, two strikes… I have no words
Soto probably had the best plate discipline in the league at 21 which is absurd.
Soto is probably one of my favorite current players in the league right now.
But as someone who loves and wants to play baseball for a living, it's hard not to think it's impossible when you're not someone as talented as Soto
It’s not easy. Unfortunately, unlike basketball, which has opportunities to be a professional in practically every country, opportunities in baseball are far more limited. This doesn’t mean you can’t do it though.
Shohei Ohtani
If it helps, Soto's one of the best hitters in the game and a good candidate for a record breaking contract. You do not need to be nearly as talented as Soto to go professional. He's been around 80% better than the league average hitter this season. That means that there are guys out there who are about half as good as Juan Soto at hitting a baseball and still professional position players. Some of them are even considered good/decent players, usually by virtue of their ability to play defense.
That said it's still nearly impossible. But I hope you make it.
@@FalllllYeah Soto was better than 98% of MLB players this season. He had the 3rd highest OPS, only behind Judge and Ohtani.
where there's jose bautista too yo don't have to be like soto just be you discipline and work hard can take you anywhere
This video makes it so much easier to believe after that 3 run shot in the 10th
The Yankees need to sign this guy for the rest of his life or they seriously fucked up.
As a Nats fan, It’s either the Yankees or us… is what I tell myself in my dreams before I go to bed every single night. You have no idea how much body parts/limbs I would cut off for him to come back.
I want the Mets to outbid the Yankees, but honestly the Yankees have no business letting that happen. Hal and company have the money and the one two punch of Judge and Soto is the sort of thing you can't replicate. (Yeah, I want Soto/Lindor, but only a fool would pretend the pairing in the Bronx hasn't been a wonder.)
@@sdelmonteor he comes to the Dodgers
I agree
@@sdelmonteif the Giants attempt at Judge didn't show you that offering more might not matter compared to being a Yankee
Very good story, good job narrating it. Soto is awesome. love the video.
really fun watching his minor league clips, thanks for putting this together
That games played for Trout is actually impressive though because he led WAR for 5 years straight from age 20-24
Juan Soto has been doing the "Soto Shuffle" as soon as he was born. That increases the contract value right there⚾️😄
7:08 “Mr. Soto is going to the show!” -Matt LeCroy
Some guys are just so talented and good right off the bat they don’t need to be in the minors. Soto is definitely one of those guys.
FYI - As of now Harper has played only a total 141 minor league games.
I was so pumped when my Yankees got him. Soto special player 💪
It's sad the Nats couldn't afford him but at least he helped bring a ring. It's insanity that the Padres treated for him and traded him away. What was the point of that?
Boegarts and darvish extension prevented a Juan Soto contact. So sad:((
@@uJceinope it was actually Bally sports going bankrupt and they had the tv rights to like 12 teams padres being one of them.Because they had an uncertain revenue (tv money) they had to slash payroll significantly by 90 million and peter seidler passed away.
@uJcei In my opinion San Diego made a bad business. They better win a world Serie in the next 3 o 4 Years. Otherwise They will stuck with Machado and Bogaerts. They both have expensive long term contract.
The largest signing bonus for an international here in DR, was the one given to Robert Puason, he were signed for 5.5 mil
"the childish bambino" has a nice ring to it.
way to sneak that in there at the tail end.
That’s been his nickname around DC since his call up. Miss him on my Nats
John Olerud is rolling his eyes at this video.
Such a bummer he had to go down to the minor for a rehab stint late in his career
The 2019 Soto World Series run with the Nationals was magical. Wonder if he can help the Yankees get a WS this year
soto reminds me a lot of young pujols that wide stance and little stride creates so mych power
How?
terrible comparison lol he's a mixture of Mantle/Dimaggio/Ted Williams
@@vmi4172 Ted Williams
Juan Soto is a superhero.
The Mets stealing Soto would be the greatest move ever
Where the fuck did we get 602 minor league games for Trout? lol
and Harper??? lmfao where are we getting these numbers from what
I was wondering the same thing. My guess is they were too lazy to look up the numbers so they just made them up.
Exactly. Trout played 266games before getting called up
The scouting reports of Soto in dr are bull here, I’ve seen some note his advanced hitting approach and calling him a gamer. It brings into question all these in depth videos you do.
trout played 260 games in the milb.. harper 130
Soto is the type of player that makes the entire team want to play better
With the addition of Juan Soto, the Mets will become the team to beat in the National League as well as World Series contenders.
Soto has looked 38 years old since he was a teenager 😂
"How did Soto pull off one of the most impressive feats in minor league history"- Easy. He's the model day "natural". Generational talent.
These bot comments and there profile pics are so wild
Double a was the place they use to bring up the talent. Triple a was for old veterans who couldn’t make it up. It’s now different where you call up only triple a
Best player since Roger Connor.
The way he was treated in the 2019 World Series always angered me.
I’ll save you the time and explanation, he skipped the minor leagues bc he is 4 years older than he says he is.
Who knows how old he REALLY is ? Remember Andruw Jones and Alberto Pujol ?
Damn worked out pretty good?
He already has 200 HR and he’s 25 he’s going to hit over 600 HR maybe more
He really needs to bulk up hard though…
Steve or Stan ?
I hate his swing tho just something about it that urks me. Great player
Did Soto skip the minors or no?
Technically no, since he played 122 games, but as far as the normal path to the MLB is concerned, yes.
He’s way older than
Mike trout did not play 602 milb games
And he’s only 25, so it’s not even at his peak
MTC still the goat 🐐
AI sounding video.
Kinda but that’s just how he sounds
@@Vinok1990 his voice is usual hit or miss for his videos. But this video is extremely robot sounding
Yeah that’s just him lol
That's how he always sound
Bro you haven’t seen his videos? He always sound like that.
I hope Juan soto signs with the Yankees
I have news that will rock your world
@@TKMKT1516think he’s talking about a extension since Soto had a one year contract with them
Going to the World Series against the Dodgers
Mets *
@@domdoncic the mets are Garbage
Comparing Soto's minor league experience with Tebow and Jordan is a head scratcher.
Both of those guys were seen as basically having cameos in the minor leagues yet he played less overall games than them
It’s about the number of games played not results. I’m not sure how you were confused about this
🚫thick of it
✅sick of it
This the same guy the Yankees signed to basically buy a championship baseball needs a luxury cap this ain’t fair
Nah baseball needs to be the one sport with no cap, the luxury tax is bad enough unless the owner doesn't care about that