On Monday, nineteen-year
old Nationals’ outfielder Juan Soto became the youngest ballplayer to start a
game since 2012. When he hit a three-run
home run in his second big-league at-bat, Soto became the youngest player in
Nationals’ history to homer (beating Bryce Harper by three days). Did I mention Soto won’t turn 20 until
October 25? Eloy Jimenez of the White
Sox will turn 22 a month later. So, who’s
the better prospect?
Jimenez may be rated
higher, but Soto is already in the bigs (albeit due to a slew of injuries to the
Washington outfield). Yet, if circumstances
have forced the Nats to call up Soto sooner than they’d like, they still did it
without fear of starting his free-agency clock or anything else. The White Sox under general manager Rick Hahn
operate until a different set of rules, ones I don’t pretend to understand.
Top pitching prospect
Michael Kopech is already 22, as are two other top-10 Sox prospects; two others
are 21 and three are 23. Only Luis
Robert at age 20 comes close to matching Soto in age. And yet Sox fans are told to wait until the
talent is ready.
Yeah, we wouldn’t
want another Juan Soto on our hands, now would we?
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