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The Dark-Horse NL MVP Candidate Who Looks Like Ted Williams 2.0

If you haven't paid a single unit of attention to the Washington Nationals in the past several months, well, who could blame you? The 2019 World Series champions have the fifth-worst record in baseball, have already been eliminated from the postseason and traded away what felt like their entire active roster in late July.

They did hang on to one star player, though.

His name is Juan Soto.

He is 22 years old.

And he is already cementing his legacy as one of the most—we have to make up a word to adequately convey his greatness at the dish—"unretirable" hitters in baseball history.