2024-02-28 05:51:07
TAMPA, Florida — The Dominican Juan Soto has a collection to complete, one that the Yankees outfielder hopes to finish this season.
Soto has hit regular season home runs in 24 of the 30 current stadiums in the Major Leagues. Now that he’s in the American League, he’ll have a chance to blow it out of the park, starting with Opening Day.
“I want to go all 30 furlongs, hit a home run in every one of the 30 furlongs,” said Soto — who hit a two-run double in the Yankees’ Grapefruit League victory over the Twins on Monday — according to YES. Network. “That’s my goal for this year.”
Soto’s journey toward that goal will begin on March 28 at Minute Maid Park in Houston, where he played three games last season and was held to two hits in 10 at-bats. Still, Soto hit two homers at the Astros’ home during the 2019 World Series (against Gerrit Cole and Justin Verlander), so that ballpark probably wouldn’t be in his sights.
The others on Soto’s list are Cleveland’s Progressive Field (April 12-14; never played there), Angel Stadium (May 28-30, three career games), Chicago’s Guaranteed Rate Field ( August 12-14, five games in his career), Globe Life Field in Arlington (September 2-4, three games in his career) and T-Mobile Park in Seattle (September 17-19, four games in his career). his career).
“I enjoy every moment,” said Soto, who had a home run and five RBIs in his first two preseason games.
Manny Machado and Giancarlo Stanton are the only two players to hit a home run in each of the current 30 major league stadiums.
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