Neftalí Soto (baseball)

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Neftalí Soto
Cincinnati Reds – No. 50
Third baseman/First baseman
Born: (1989-02-28) February 28, 1989 Manatí, Puerto Rico
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
May 18, 2013 for the Cincinnati Reds
Career statistics (through 2013 season)
Batting average	.000
Home runs	0
Runs batted in	0
Teams
Cincinnati Reds (2013–present)

Neftalí Soto (born February 28, 1989) is a Major League Baseball first baseman for the Cincinnati Reds. He is 6'2 and weighs 180 pounds.

Professional Baseball

The Cincinnati Reds drafted Soto with a supplemental third-round pick in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft. He played the rest of the 2007 season with the Gulf Coast League Reds rookie-class team, hitting .303 with two homers and 28 RBI.

Soto started 2008 with the rookie-class Billings Mustangs, where he hit .388 in 67 at-bats, belting four homers with 11 RBI. His performance earned him a promotion to low-A Dayton. In 218 at-bats for the Dragons, he hit .326 with seven homers and 36 RBI.

Soto was promoted again for 2009, this time to the advanced-A Sarasota Reds. He played a full season at Sarasota, getting 505 at-bats and hitting .248 with 11 homers and 57 RBI. The Reds advanced-A team moved to Lynchburg for 2010, where Soto played for the 2010 season. In 522 at-bats he hit .268 with 21 homers and 73 RBI.

In 2011, Soto played for the double-A Carolina Mudcats. He played in 102 games (379 at-bats), hitting .272 with an impressive 30 homers and 76 RBI. After the double-A season, he played in four games for triple-A Louisville, going 7-for-17 with another home run and four more RBI. His season slugging percentage was .576. Soto was named Southern League player of the week twice during the season for Carolina.

Entering his fifth year of eligibility (which would make him eligible for the Rule 5 Draft), the Reds placed him on the 40-man roster following the 2011 season.^[1] Soto was called up to the Reds on May 18, 2013

References

↑ http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20111118&content_id=26002244&vkey=news_cin&c_id=cin

- Neftali Soto Stats, Bio on MiLB.com

External links

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

v t e Cincinnati Reds current roster

Active roster	2 Zack Cozart 4 Brandon Phillips 6 Billy Hamilton 9 Jack Hannahan 19 Joey Votto 21 Todd Frazier 23 Donald Lutz 25 Skip Schumaker 28 Chris Heisey 31 Alfredo Simón 32 Jay Bruce 34 Homer Bailey 36 Henry Rodríguez 39 Devin Mesoraco 43 Manny Parra 44 Mike Leake 45 Sean Marshall 46 Curtis Partch 47 Johnny Cueto 48 Ryan Ludwick 50 Neftalí Soto 51 Jonathan Broxton 52 Tony Cingrani 54 Aroldis Chapman 55 Mat Latos 58 Nick Christiani 60 J. J. Hoover 63 Sam LeCure 66 Logan Ondrusek 67 Daniel Corcino 73 Carlos Contreras 74 Ismael Guillon 77 Yorman Rodríguez -- Tucker Barnhart -- Pedro Beato -- Juan Duran -- David Holmberg -- Ryan LaMarre -- Brayan Peña -- Chad Rogers

Coaching Staff	Manager 38 Bryan Price Bench Coach -- Jay Bell First Base Coach 22 Billy Hatcher Third Base Coach -- Steve Smith Hitting Coach -- Don Long Pitching Coach -- Jeff Pico Bullpen Coach 57 Mack Jenkins Bullpen Catcher 72 Mike Stefanski Coach -- Freddie Benavides

v t e Louisville Bats current roster

Active roster	1 Josh Fellhauer 3 Matt Kennelly 4 Zach Duke 6 Billy Hamilton 7 Jason Donald 9 Emmanuel Burriss 10 Ryan Dennick 12 Henry Rodríguez* 14 Felix Perez 17 Kristopher Negron 18 Chad Rogers 19 Neftali Soto* 20 Greg Reynolds 23 Denis Phipps 26 Kevin Whelan 27 Mike Hessman 31 Daniel Corcino* 34 Chad Reineke 35 Nevin Ashley 38 Jose Diaz 44 Yohan Pino 45 Nick Christiani 47 Kanekoa Texeira 51 Curtis Partch* 52 José Arredondo -- Josh Ravin*

Disabled list	15 Justin Freeman*

Rehab List	50 Ryan Ludwick* 61 Jonathan Broxton*

Coaching staff	Manager 5 Jim Riggleman Batting Coach 16 Tony Jaramillo Pitching Coach 48 Ted Power

* Member of the 40-man roster of the Cincinnati Reds

Persondata
Name	Soto, Neftali
Alternative names
Short description	Baseball player
Date of birth	February 28, 1989
Place of birth	Manati, Puerto Rico
Date of death
Place of death

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