Juan Soto started the night in Atlanta with 99 career home runs over 469 games and 2,025 plate appearances, which once again put the 23-year-old slugger in some pretty heady list company as the Washington Nationals highlighted in their pregame notes for the second of three with the Braves in Truist Park.
“According to the Elias Sports Bureau,” the Nationals wrote, “Soto (23 years, 169 days) will join the following list of active players to hit their 100th career home run at age 23 and younger: Miguel Cabrera (23 years, 127 days); Bryce Harper (23 years, 181 days); Ronald Acuña Jr.