Bartolo Colon and Juan Soto associations to make you feel old as hell The Nationals had a vacancy on their roster thanks to injuries. Their solution was to call up 19-year-old prospect Juan Soto, who had all of eight games at or above Double-A on his résumé before he played for the Nats on Sunday - Washington thinks the outfielder is ready, so here we go. Soto is so young that hes existed on this Earth for less time than Bartolo Colons postseason career. Colon first appeared in the minors in 1994, four full years before Soto was born, and was signed professionally the year before that. Bartolo Colon is old enough to be Sotos dad and for everyone to be like, Ah, yeah, that makes sense, Colon finished college and settled down, he just knew what he wanted in life.