Juan Soto

CTL-E-5979 · Person · other · 2018–present

PROVISIONAL evidence grade — build store (JSON graph)

Combined Graph record U-07215 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-5979.

Juan Soto, born 25 October 1998 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, is the New York Mets' left fielder and one of the most disciplined hitters in baseball history. He debuted with Washington in 2018 at 19 and was a cornerstone of the Nationals' 2019 World Series championship. After trades to San Diego (2022) and the New York Yankees (2024), he signed a 15-year, $765 million contract with the Mets in December 2024 — the largest in North American sports. His first two Mets seasons ended without a playoff berth; in 2026, limited to 108 games by two calf-strain injured-list stints, he hit .275 with a .908 OPS and a team-leading 27 home runs, and publicly took responsibility for the club's failure, telling the New York Post in September 2026 that he had to be better. CTL stages him as an Afro-Dominican ballplayer; individual descent documentation is named as a gap below.

The record

• Also known as: Juan José Soto Pacheco, Childish Bambino

Notes

Staged 2026-10-16 under CTL-GOV-006 (Census Intake Wave 4 — 747 Program, Wave 10; 40-record packet). Gate A (2026-10-16): no Juan Soto entity in the live graph at 3,683 entities (exact / normalized / alias + token containment); ID CTL-E-5979 assigned at assembly. Supply: 747 Supply Ledger, Tier 3 — Famous Birthdays ABSENT census, readiness rank 1111 (Baseball Players list). The census supplied the NAME ONLY; no fact in this record is sourced to it (CTL-GOV-004). SCOPE GATE: PASS — Afro-Dominican (PROVISIONAL) — Dominican-born (Santo Domingo) player documented at the contextual level within the Dominican Republic's African-descended baseball tradition. GAP: no source retrieved in this pass states Soto's African descent individually or quotes a self-identification; tier held at Provisional until one is filed. Vital status: LIVING — active for the Mets through the final series of the 2026 regular season (27 September 2026, Sportradar) and quoted on the season's end in late September 2026. STATISTICS (sourced, dated): 2026 regular season (Sportradar): .275, .908 OPS, 27 HR (team leader), 68 RBI in an injury-shortened 108 games. Career anchor: 2019 World Series champion with Washington; 15-year/$765M Mets contract signed December 2024. MEDIA: photo HELD (candidate: Wikimedia Commons portrait of Soto in a Mets uniform; no file page read at file-page level — CTL-PHOTO-001; CTL-created graphic is the standing alternative); chart FILLED (charts/chart-ctl-e-5979-juan-soto.svg); video HELD (Shorts Link Map checked — no matching CTL Short); audio HELD (no rights basis). Coordinator verification pass (2026-10-16): one additional targeted search for individual-level Afro-Latino / African-descent documentation was run at assembly for this record; no citable individual-level source was found, so the Provisional cap and the named gap stand, pending a sourced document or a founder scope ruling (precedent: Romeo Santos, Census Intake Wave 3). MEDIA LAYER (staged 2026-10-16; full per-asset PHOTO-001 records + embed specs in the packet's staged JSON, Drive packet folder): map = N/A (Person records carry no map slot under the media-layer rule; maps attach to places and institutions.) | visual_assets = HELD: | chart = FILLED (CTL-created SVG (black / deep red / gold) built only from this record's sourced facts) | video = HELD (No matching-entity CTL Short in the Shorts Link Map catalog (checked by name and variants), and no official/em) | audio = HELD (No CTL-owned or rights-cleared matching-entity audio at staging; the subject's own recordings/appearances are )

Relationships

• New York Mets — played for
  Soto agreed to a record 15-year, $765 million contract with the Mets in December 2024 (AP) and then played the 2025 season for the Mets (.263, 43 HR, 105 RBI; ClutchPoints, 2025-11-07). Closes the blocked edge documented in Census Intake Wave 4's combined club row.

Sources

• Sportradar, Juan Soto player page (updated October 2026) — born 25 October 1998, Dominican Republic; New York Mets outfielder, No. 22; 2026 regular season: .275 average, .908 OPS, 27 HR, 68 RBI, 9 SB — https://sportradar.com/?q=2842222470829308438 (primary source · build store)
• Albat / The Bigs, 25 September 2026 — Soto on the Mets' playoff elimination: 'This is definitely not what I pictured in my head… I have to be better'; signed the 15-year, $765M contract in December 2024 — https://en.albat.com/thebigs/mlb-juan-sotos-heartbreaking-confession-after-mets-playoff-meltdown-20260925-0001.html (build store)
• EssentiallySports, September 2026 — Soto played 108 games in 2026 (.274/.393/.522, .915 OPS), with two injured-list stints for calf strains (April; late July–August) — https://www.essentiallysports.com/mlb-baseball-news-need-as-much-help-juan-soto-urges-mets-to-make-big-moves-after-disastrous-season/ (build store)
• Bleacher Report, February 2026 — Mets moved Soto to left field for the 2026 season; he also played left field for the Dominican Republic in the 2026 World Baseball Classic — https://Bleacherreport.com/articles/25395557-juan-soto-will-switch-outfield-positions-mets-open-2026-mlb-season-updated-lineup (build store)

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