Juan Soto is a professional baseball player who currently plays for the San Diego Padrese of Major League Baseball (MLB). Soto was signed by the Washington Nationals as an international free agent in July 2015.

Soto made his professional debut in 2016 with the Gulf Coast League Nationals, the rookie-level Gulf Coast League (GCL). He hit .368 with five home runs and 32 runs batted in (RBIs) in his first season and was named the GCL's most valuable player. In September 2016, he was promoted to the Auburn Doubledays of the Class A-Short Season New York-Penn League for the final few games of the season.

In 2017, Soto was promoted to play with the Hagerstown Suns of the Class A South Atlantic League. He got off to a hot start before injuring his ankle while sliding into home in a game on May 2, 2017, and landing on the disabled list. At the time of his injury, he was batting .360 with three home runs in 23 games with the Suns. Despite his injury, he was ranked the Nationals' second-best prospect and the 42nd-best among all prospects by MLB Pipeline in July 2017.

Soto did not return to the Suns in 2017, but he had two rehabilitation stints with the Gulf Coast Nationals. He played five games in July 2017 and four games in September 2017 before injuring his hamstring and being shut down for the season. In those nine games with the Gulf Coast League Nationals, he went 8-for-25 with a double, a triple, and four RBIs. Soto finished the 2017 season with a batting average of .351, three home runs, and 18 RBIs.

Soto entered 2018 as one of the minor leagues' top prospects. He started the season with the Hagerstown Suns, hitting .373 in 16 games with five home runs and 24 RBIs, before being promoted early in the season to the Potomac Nationals in the Class A-Advanced Carolina League. After 15 games with Potomac, in which he hit .371 with seven home runs and 18 RBIs, he was promoted to play with the Harrisburg Senators in the Class AA Eastern League. He appeared in eight games for the Senators, going 10-for-31 with two doubles, two home runs, and 10 RBIs, when on May 20, 2018, the Washington Nationals called him up to the major leagues for the first time to reinforce their outfield after an injury to second baseman and outfielder Howie Kendrick.

In conclusion, Juan Soto's journey to the MLB began in 2015 when he was signed as an international free agent by the Washington Nationals.