Juan Soto's path to greatness continued on Tuesday night in the Nationals' 16-4 loss against the Braves with a big home run. However, this homer was not not your average round-tripper. Soto smashed the 100th home run of his career at just 23-years old. And it was no wall-scraper either. The ball traveled over 450 feet to deep right-center field.

The long ball also placed him in truly elite company. Juan Soto is just the seventh active player to hit his 100th home run at age 23.

The other names on the list include: Mike Trout, Giancarlo Stanton, Albert Pujols, Ronald Acuna Jr, Bryce Harper, and Miguel Cabrera. Each of those players are superstars on Hall of Fame trajectories. Cabrera, Pujols, and Trout would be Hall of Famers if they retired today. Harper is close to cementing his Hall of Fame status with already two career MVP's. Juan Soto has the makings of a young player on his way to Cooperstown if he maintains consistency moving forward.

Soto commented on his 100th home run following the game.

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“It means a lot. It’s just a number that not many players get to, and it feels an honor to be there. For me, it’s just a blessing. It just comes to me. I never tried to hit a homer, or anything like that. I’m one of the guys who just tries to hit singles every day. So for me to become consistent hitting homers, it’s just impressive and it tells how good I’ve been working on my body and everything.”

The Nationals are expected to struggle in 2022. But Juan Soto might find himself in the MVP conversation yet again.