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Who Is Juan Soto? New York's Newest Left Fielder, Outfielder Who Was Acquired From San Diego For Jhony Brito, Kyle Higashioka, Michael King, Drew Thorpe, Randy Vasquez

Who is Juan Soto?

New York’s newest outfielder who was acquired from San Diego for Jhony Brito, Kyle Higashioka, Michael King, Drew Thorpe, Randy Vasquez.

Who are they?

Jhony Brito is a right handed pitcher who in 2023 season for New York the team that wears the pinstripes had a record of 9-7 with an earn run average of 4.28.

Kyle Higashioka is a catcher who caught for New York the team that wears the pinstripes for seven seasons!

In 2017 Kyle Higashioka caught 9 games had 18 at bats contributed offensively 2 runs, 2 walks.

In 2018 Kyle Higashioka caught 29 games, had 72 at bats contributed 6 runs,12 hits , 3 home runs, 6 runs batted in, 6 walks and had a batting of 167.

In 2019 Kyle Higashioka caught 18 games, had 56 at bats contributed offensively 8 runs, 12 hits, 3 home runs, 11 runs batted in had a batting average of 214. In 2020 in the coronavirus pandemic shortned 60 game regular season Kyle Higashioka caught 16 games, had 48 at bats contributed offensively 7 runs, 12 hits, 4 home runs, 10 runs batted in had a batting of 250.

Michael King is a right handed pitcher who pitched for New York for the team that wears the pinstripes for 5 seasons.

In 2019 season Michael King had a record of 0-0 with an earn run average of 0.00 though he pitched 2.0 innings surrendering 1 run. In 2020 in the coronavirus pandemic shortened 60 game season Michael King had a record of 1-2 with an earn run average of 7.76. In 2021 season Michael King had a record of 2-4 with an earn run average of 3.55. In 2022 season Michael King had a record of 6-3 with an earn run average of 2.29. In 2023 Michael King had a record of 4-8 with an earn run average of 2.75.

Drew Thorpe is right handed pitching prospect.

In 2023 Randy Vasquez finished of 2-2 with an earn run average of 2.87 for New York for the team that wears the pinstripes.

Juan Soto played for San Diego for two seasons! Part of 2022 season where he played in 52 games, had 182 at bats, contributed offensively 31 runs, 43 hits , 6 home runs , 16 runs batted in, 44 walks and had a batting average of 236 following being traded by Washington to San Diego along with Josh Bell. In 2023 for San Diego Juan Soto played 162 games , had 568 at bats contributed offensively 97 runs, 156 hits, 35 home runs, 109 runs batted in, 132 walks, 12 stolen bases had a batting average of 275.

According to https://www.mlb.com/player/juan-soto-665742

Following Juan Soto who is a left fielder, outfielder being acquired by New York the team that wears the pinstripes from San Diego in exchange for Jhony Brito, Kyle Higashioka, Michael King, Drew Thorpe, Randy Vasquez New York the team that wears the pinstripes manager Aaron Boone had this to say about New York the team that wears the pinstripes acquiring Juan Soto from San Diego!

He's as good an offensive player as there is,”

“He is a machine offensively -- on base, power, and has accomplished a ton already at a young age.”

Following Juan Soto who is a left fielder, outfielder being acquired by New York the team that wears the pinstripes from San Diego in exchange for Jhony Brito, Kyle Higashioka, Michael King, Drew Thorpe, Randy Vasquez Michael Kay who is a commentator for YES Network had this to say! The Yankees came into this off season and they had to do something dynamic. It’s unbelievable acquisition is one of the greatest players in the history of baseball.

According to https://twitter.com/Yankees/status/1732632613561434314

Following Juan Soto who is a left fielder, outfielder being acquired by New York the team that wears the pinstripes from San Diego in exchange for Jhony Brito, Kyle Higashioka, Michael King, Drew Thorpe, Randy Vasquez San Diego General Manager A.J. Preller had this to say about New York the team that wears the pinstripes acquiring Juan Soto!

“They clearly made it known that this was a deal and a player [they wanted],”“Brian is pretty direct, and I think they were pretty clear. Everybody understood they had a need and Juan is an incredible player who fit the need really well. When you have two teams that line up and you have a team that’s calling you consistently, you feel this is something that has a chance to happen.”

According to Bryan Hoch article https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/juan-soto-yankees-trade on mlb.com

On Tuesday Juan Soto talked about joining New York the team that wears the pinstripes by saying It’s just great,“I’m more than excited to be here in the spot that I am, to see this organization and try to be part of it for the next season. I’m really excited to join the team.

My priorities right now are just getting to know the guys, really,”I’ll try to get a good relationship and really stick together, get to know those guys and try to get to the same goal [from] Day 1. That’s what my main thing is right now.”

According to Bryan Hoch article https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/juan-soto-introduced-by-yankees