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Washington Nationals 2021 Stories: Juan Soto puts together ridiculous second-half after HR Derby...

Going into the All-Star break this past July, Juan Soto had 11 home runs in 79 games and 332 plate appearances on the season, with just three in his previous 31 games at that point, in mid-July, but it picked up for the now-23-year-old slugger in Coors Field. Soto put on an impressive display in the HR Derby, and then came out swinging in the second-half, hitting three homers in his first three games and 15 PAs to start what would end up being a monster post-All-Star Game run which lifted him in the running for the 2021 NL MVP [ed.