OVERALL GRADE
B Above Average
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PLAYER PROFILE
Juan Soto
Left Field • Designated Hitter • New York Mets
Bats:
Left
Throws:
Left
Age:
28
Height:
6' 1"
Weight:
224 lbs
COMPLETE BASEBALL EVALUATION
Player IQ
A role-aware evaluation of performance, history, durability, defensive responsibility, athletic value, decision-making proxies, and winning situational impact.
OVERALL PLAYER IQ
82 Out of 100BASEBALL ROLE
Outfielder
LF · New York Mets
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
COMPLETE PLAYER READ
The evaluation on Juan Soto
Juan Soto currently grades as a above average baseball player in the Baseball IQ 4.3 model. The strongest supported category is Hitting Decisions and Pitch Recognition (97/100), while Situational and Winning Impact (75/100) is the clearest current improvement area. Recent official form is stable, and the final evaluation combines production, role, history, durability, decision-making proxies, defense, athletic value, and situational impact.
WHAT THE MODEL USES
- Official current production and league context
- Career excellence, experience, awards and postseason history
- Durability and workload history
- Verified defensive and multi-position usage
- Baserunning and athletic-performance proxies
- Role-specific decisions, pitch recognition, command and pitchability proxies
- Situational and recent-form evidence
STRONGEST VERIFIED AREAS
- Hitting Decisions and Pitch Recognition
- Current Baseball Value
- Athleticism and Baserunning Decisions
DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES
- Consistency
- Development Trend
- Situational and Winning Impact
CATEGORY BREAKDOWN
Why the overall evaluation landed here
Last-X-games OPS (.908) is compared with the full-season OPS (.908).
Current Baseball Value
88
92th percentile context
Built from official MLB percentile context for OPS, OBP, SLG, average, power, and run creation.
Career Knowledge and Proven Impact
80
Career history includes 1,207 games, 1,196 hits, 271 home runs and verified postseason context. Official recognition includes 1 elite awards and 20 major awards or championship records across 39 supported entries. No verified MLB postseason hitting sample was available.
Consistency
75
Built from official game logs by comparing each appearance with the player's own per-game baseline.
Development Trend
75
Last-X-games OPS (.908) is compared with the full-season OPS (.908).
Position and Role Value
76
Based on the official primary role/position (LF) plus verified multi-position usage.
Durability
82
Built from official workload: 111 games and 482 plate appearances.
Hitting Decisions and Pitch Recognition
97
97th percentile context
Uses official walk rate, strikeout rate, and on-base context to explain how often the hitter controls plate appearances.
Defense, Range and Arm Context
79
Built from official fielding positions, innings, and verified multi-position usage.
Athleticism and Baserunning Decisions
84
Uses official stolen-base volume, success rate, and triples as a public baserunning proxy.
Situational and Winning Impact
75
Compares the official RISP OPS (.954) with the full-season OPS (.908).
Accuracy safeguard — IQDugout does not invent Leadership and clubhouse impact, Confidence and mental toughness, Unpublished private scouting measurements, Private clubhouse and leadership evaluations when verified evidence is unavailable. Those areas remain clearly labeled rather than receiving false precision.
2026 HITTING
Hitting Statistics
AVG
.275
Would rank #36
Top 26% vs qualifiers
Hits divided by at-bats.
OBP
.393
Would rank #2
Top 1% vs qualifiers
Rate of reaching via a hit, walk, or hit-by-pitch in official OBP opportunities.
SLG
.515
Would rank #10
Top 7% vs qualifiers
Total bases per at-bat.
OPS
.908
Would rank #3
Top 1% vs qualifiers
On-base percentage plus slugging percentage.
HR
27
#29 MLB
Top 4%
RBI
68
#94 MLB
Top 14%
H
110
#134 MLB
Top 20%
SB
9
#120 MLB
Top 18%
VERIFIED CAREER CONTEXT
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UNDERSTAND THE PLAYER
Scout Report
ARCHETYPE
Outfielder
Available current-season rate statistics are compared directionally with the qualified MLB hitter pool. These are not official rankings.
DATA CONFIDENCE
Moderate confidence
Compared with qualified MLB hitters, but this is not an official qualified ranking.
STRENGTHS
Verified indicators
- Multi-Position Experience
NEEDS IMPROVEMENT
Areas to monitor
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Batting Average Production Directional comparison
Why: Directional comparison (482 PA across 111 games): .275 AVG would place #36 against 135 qualified MLB hitters (74th percentile). This is not an official rank. It is the lowest supported league-relative category in this report, not a below-average classification.
VERSATILITY
Strong multi-position usage
- Primary role or position
- Left Field
- Position / role entries
- 2
- Verified secondary positions
- Designated Hitter
This report summarizes available 2026 MLB statistics and official position information and available season usage. Non-qualified comparisons are directional, not official leaderboard ranks. Percentiles are calculated by IQDugout from official MLB comparison pools. Confidence reflects sample size, qualification, and supported comparison coverage. Versatility labels summarize verified position usage and are not league benchmarks. This is a current-data evaluation, not a projection.