Talking to reporters late in September, Juan Soto, 22, was asked what he’d take away from a 2021 campaign which ended with the Washington Nationals’ outfielder ranked 2nd in the NL in average (.313), 1st in on-base percentage (.465); 7th in slugging percentage (.534), 2nd in wRC+ (163), 1st in BB% (22.2%), and tied for 2nd in fWAR (6.6).
“For me, I’m just going to remember this season because I learned a lot of things,” Soto told reporters.
“We learned about the game, we learned about the business, we learned about everything.”
He pointed a week earlier to his patient approach at the plate as an area of improvement he was particularly proud of, with his 145 total walks in 2021, “.