The star outfielder got a warm ovation from the Nationals Park crowd and taped a message for Nats fans: “I love you all even if I have another team’s uniform.”
took at last year’s trade deadline? How about the Padres? The St. Louis Cardinals? Or might Soto stay in Washington if the Nationals didn’t find an offer to match a huge asking price?
The timing of Friday, though, kept a heavy weight on Soto’s first trip back to Washington. When Bryce Harperin free agency, he returned a whole offseason after playing his final game for the Nationals. After Scherzer and Turner were dealt last summer, they didn’t come to D.C. until this season, with Scherzer having moved from the Dodgers to the New York Mets in that time. Anthony Rendon, on the other hand, has yet to make it here as a member of the Los Angeles Angels.
There was a stark difference, too, in how Soto was introduced before his first at-bat. For the past five seasons, public address announcer Jerome Hruska lent his signature touch to Soto’s name. He drew out the vowels in Juan. His voice rose toward the last consonant in Soto’s first name. And when he reached Soto — the two syllables that, before this month, were synonymous with a smile and massive swing in Washington — Hruska would spring for his high notes.
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