Juan Soto Contract details: All you need to know about Padres Phenom in 2023

Juan Soto Contract specifics: everything you should know regarding the Padres Sensation in 2023.

Juan Soto made his debut with the Nationals at the age of 19 in 2018 and swiftly became a crowd favourite. The Dominican outfielder placed second in the NL Rookie of the Year voting behind Ronald Acuna Jr. before guiding the Nationals to their initial World Series championship in 2019.

In the subsequent three years, he secured two Silver Slugger awards, two All-Star selections, the 2020 National League batting crown, and the 2022 Home Run Derby championship for Washington.

After failing to reach a long-term contract extension with Soto, the Nationals traded him to the San Diego Padres at the deadline in a significant deal involving eight players switching teams.

Juan Soto Profile Overview

Height: 6-foot-2
Weight: 224 lbs
Birthdate: Oct. 25, 1998 (24 years old)
Hometown: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
MLB experience: 5 seasons (2018-22)
Debut: May 20, 2018
Jersey number: No. 22
Agent: Scott Boras

Juan Soto Contract specifics

Juan Soto qualified for arbitration in 2021 as a Super 2 player, enabling him to negotiate a salary a year earlier than most athletes. He earned the league minimum each year from 2018 to 2020 before settling with the Nationals on salaries of $8.5 million and $17.1 million in 2021 and 2022, respectively.

Padres acquire:

OF Juan Soto
1B Josh Bell

Nationals receive:

LHP MacKenzie Gore
OF Robert Hassell III
SS C.J. Abrams
OF James Wood
RHP Jarlin Susana
1B/DH Luke Voit

Initial accounts indicated veteran first baseman Eric Hosmer was also on his way to Washington in the transaction. However, Hosmer possesses a 10-team no-trade clause that includes the Nationals. He declined the move to D.C. Shortly after, reports surfaced that Hosmer was being sent to the Red Sox, with the Padres agreeing to cover most of the estimated $44 million left on his contract.

Reports suggested the Padres would send Luke Voit to the Nationals to finalize the trade.

Current Contract

YEAR	AGE	LUXURY TAX SALARY
2023	24	Estimate: $20,303,266
2024	25
2025	26

Juan Soto’s Career Earnings

BASE SALARY EARNINGS THRU 2022: $26,804,031
SIGNING BONUS EARNINGS THRU 2022: $1,500,000
TOTAL MLB EARNINGS THRU 2022: $28,304,031

Current contract: 1 year, $17,100,000
Remaining seasons under team control: 2023, 2024
Free agency: 2024-25

Juan Soto’s MLB statistics

Juan Soto played his last game with the Nationals on Aug. 1, 2022, where he reached base four times, hit a home run off his former Nationals teammate Max Scherzer, stole a base, and threw out a runner at home.

Here are the final statistics for Soto’s Nationals tenure: