MLBoyfriend: World Series: Juan Soto

I had pretty much chosen Juan Soto as my MLBoyfriend for the World Series after his incredible performance in Game 1.

Sure, other players for the Washington Nationals caught my eye...

I certainly had to consider World Series MVP Stephen Strasburg.

Adam Eaton had a great series and is quite the zaddy to boot.

Speaking of zaddies, a MLBoyfriend winner from earlier this postseason, Howie Kendrick, hit what would turn out to be the World Series winning home run.

I've had my eye on Anthony Rendon since the second week of the season when I chose him to be my MLBoyfriend even though the scrappy Washington Nationals were not playing like a championship team early in the season.

It's been a couple of years since Ryan Zimmerman has been my MLBoyfriend. He has a lot going for him: he's been with the Nationals from the very start; he hit the most symbolically important home run of the series; and he looks like this in uniform...

Of course, I alway super happy to see Sean Doolittle, former MLBoyfriend, the stalwart of the Nationals bullpen, big LGBTQ+ ally, and hot nerd.

Finally, there was long-time MLBoyfriend favorite Max Scherzer. Just days after barely being able to move his throwing arm, Scherzer gutted it out for five innings in final game.

So many worth contenders, but none of them shook me from my initial pick, Juan Soto.

I'm not going to dwell on the fact that Soto had his 21st birthday right in the middle of the World Series--although it's both impressive and adorable. You know what else is adorable? Soto when the the Nationals unlikely unofficial anthem, "Baby Shark", plays.

I'd also like the get the whole "bat carry" controversy out of the way. First, I am all for more exuberant celebration in baseball.

The Alex Bregman vs. Juan Soto home-run-celebration battle added a little bit of spice to the World Series. Plus, Soto's non-apology was fantastic.

"I saw that, what Bregman did in the first inning... I was like, 'that was pretty cool, I wanna do that.'" - Juan Soto@Nationals | #STAYINTHEFIGHT | #WorldSeries pic.twitter.com/blurqO6cIX
— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) October 30, 2019

Juan Soto won the MLBoyfriend title for two reasons. First, he was undeniably the breakout star of the postseason at the plate. He reached base in all seven World Series games, and hit .333/.438/.741 with three home runs, two doubles, seven RBI and six runs scored in the Fall Classic.

Praise for Soto's hitting is all over the internet, but I haven't seen much about his great fielding. Sure, he had one rough day in the outfield, but let's face it, it was a bad game for the Nats. However, most of the series he was making catches like this...

...and throws like this:

I should also add that the "photo research" on Juan Soto was a pleasure to do. I may have downloaded way more pics than I really needed for this post.