Juan Soto trade: Best memes and tweets from MLB fans
By Mark Powell
The San Diego Padres landed superstar outfielder Juan Soto and first baseman Josh Bell in a trade with the Washington Nationals, sending Twitter into a frenzy.
With Soto going back to the Padres in perhaps the biggest trade deadline deal of the decade, social media was not ready.
There was no fair return for the Nats, who are perhaps giving up the next Ted Williams and more. Soto is just 23 years old and entering his prime. He’s already won a World Series and made multiple All-Star teams. He’s perhaps a future face of the league, who is now on a team littered with potential faces of baseball.
The Pads are a superteam — arguably good enough to rival the Dodgers, finally — and are only getting better.
Juan Soto trade: Best memes and tweets
The Soto trade is enough to shake baseball to its core, and there’s much more coming on MLB trade deadline day.
Baseball twitter ran out of words to describe the Soto trade, so instead the opted to use moving pictures.
Announced Soto pic.twitter.com/LPVnjelNUM
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 2, 2022
First look at Juan Soto as a Padre!
— Cut4 (@Cut4) August 2, 2022
(per @jonmorosi) pic.twitter.com/oqjAWd48yI
Just talked to Juan Soto, sorry everyone he’s going to LSU
— Stephen Schoch (@bigdonkey47) August 2, 2022
your 2022 Juan Soto reminder pic.twitter.com/sdW6FpO2a5
— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) August 2, 2022
The Padres have added Juan Soto and Josh Hader in the last 24 hours and are about to get Fernando Tatis Jr. back.
— Robert Murray (@ByRobertMurray) August 2, 2022
This is A.J. Preller’s world and we’re just living in it.
Juan Soto’s last hit as a National was a homer off Max Scherzer.
— Stephen J. Nesbitt (@stephenjnesbitt) August 2, 2022
As a Nat, he hit .291/.427/.538 with a .966 OPS, 160 OPS+, 155 wRC+ and—for the non-nerds among us—more BBs (464) than Ks (414). He won a batting title, a Home Run Derby and a World Series. pic.twitter.com/v1thLXeOID
the obvious move is to Not Trade Juan Soto and Pay Juan Soto but if they're going to do this, I really do just hope for Nationals fans sake that this is an absolute, historic, monster haul. the Nats can't "win" the trade no matter what but I just hope this isn't a complete joke
— Céspedes Family BBQ (@CespedesBBQ) August 2, 2022
Going to go out on a limb and say Juan Soto probably doesn't get cheers at Dodger Stadium this time around. https://t.co/Z2ElHcBf1X
— Dodger Blue (@DodgerBlue1958) August 2, 2022
The Nationals are going to quickly realize that the prospect return for Juan Soto will legitimately never be worth it. They’ll never recoup the on field production value, popularity and trust of the fans.
— matthew ritchie (@mkrwrt) August 2, 2022
I'm no baseball scientist but I wouldn't trade Juan Soto
— Mike Vorkunov (@MikeVorkunov) August 2, 2022
There were many more where that came from.
Soto has been informed he was traded to San Diego, meaning the deal is essentially completed.
In the trade, the Padres also acquire Josh Bell, which means they have another impact bat to add to their lineup. The rich get even richer.
AJ Preller went for it all and struck gold.
Next. Juan Soto trade details: Padres land superstar and Josh Bell from Nationals. dark