In The Athletic’s anonymous player poll, Soto was voted as the hitter pitchers would least want to face in Game 7 of the World Series. The Mets star earned 15.6 percent of the vote among 64 pitchers, edging out Shohei Ohtani (14.1 percent) and Aaron Judge (9.4 percent).

MLB Turns Heads with Juan Soto Message on Thursday originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

New York Mets superstar Juan Soto will play in his 1,000th career MLB game on Saturday against the Colorado Rockies.