Juan Soto rumors: 5 monstrous trade packages to land the Padres star
By Tim Boyle
Five monster trade packages to make the Juan Soto rumors come true.
We’ve been here before. It was only about 365 days ago when Juan Soto rumors were headlining the trade deadline chatter. Unlike his MLB colleague Shohei Ohtani who stayed put with the Los Angeles Angels last year, Soto was traded from the Washington Nationals to the San Diego Padres. With the Padres underperforming in 2023, he could be on the move yet again.
Soto has one less year of team control this time, but the months to rent him in 2023 and a full year in 2024 to try to win with this young outfielder can help. He’s having a better year than he was at the time of last year’s trade by a small margin. Always a threat to hit a home run or draw a walk, Soto is never an easy out.
To land him, it’ll take a monster trade package. Can any of these three convince the Padres to budge?
1) Juan Soto rumors: A monster trade package from the New York Yankees
Who could use a left fielder with power more than the New York Yankees? The impact of losing Aaron Judge has dropped them in the standings. The team is much less of a threat on offense without him and the kind of move to make which would completely change this is to get involved in any Juan Soto rumors.
What kind of a monster trade package could the Yankees offer the Padres?
This trade lands the Padres the Yankees’ number one, two, and seven prospects along with Estevan Florial, an outfielder once held in high regard and hitting well in Triple-A this season.
In terms of where these prospects rank within all of MLB, Jasson Dominguez is 41 and Austin Wells is 79. Dominguez gets the Pads an outfield prospect to build around in the future. Wells can become a solution for them behind the plate. Will Warren, a pitcher, adds an arm to the system. He’s expendable for the Yankees. Florial is more of a “wild card” for the Padres to ask for and hope his stellar minor league season is something they can capitalize on.
The match between the Yankees and Soto is obvious. They could even afford to think about extending him in the future. Soto in left field and Judge in right field is a much more palatable pairing of outfield sluggers than Judge and Giancarlo Stanton ever was.