Pitchers control baseball. And Juan Soto controls pitchers.
The justification isn’t what Soto has done, though that could be reason enough. It’s because of how he’s doing it, which suggests it’s sustainable. As he heads into his fifth major league season, Soto’s success is some combination of diligence and discipline, athleticism and aptitude — all combined with a relentlessness he brings not just to each season or each game, but to each at-bat.“For me, it’s all about pre-pitch for him,” Nationals Manager Dave Martinez said.
“He’s the kind of guy that commands the at-bat,” Rogers said, “rather than the pitcher commanding the at-bat.” “Not a lot of guys have the strength and mobility to be able to rotate their hips when they’re that spread out,” Doolittle said. “Not a lot of guys are able to create leverage when they’re that spread out. He does all these things. He does them incredibly well.”Doolittle said that, in preparing for hitters, pitchers not only watch video from the center field camera, but they look at shots from the dugout.
“I compare him a lot with Miguel Cabrera,” said Sánchez, who was teammates with the future Hall of Famer in both Miami and Detroit. “Miggy is so smart at the plate, and he is like Soto. They don’t go to the plate with no knowledge. They know what they’re going to do. They know what they’re going to wait for. And they know what kind of swing they’re going to do in any situation. It’s their head.”That’s true in the heat of the season.
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