Teams can pitch around Juan Soto, but the Washington Nationals’ right fielder makes pitchers pay dearly for leaving the ball over the plate.
Soto saw four pitches in the strike zone against the Miami Marlins on Wednesday, took three swings, reached base five times, and powered the Nats to a 7-5 victory.
“They’ve been attacking me, and throwing pitches in the strike zone, and trying to [get] me out, and I think that helped me out a little bit, just to not think they’re going to walk me every time,” Soto told reporters afterward.