August 2nd, 22, a date that will live in Infamy: Juan Soto traded to the Padres

[IanRubbish]

Callis has Susana as a 2026 arrival. Susana's strikeout ratio would indicated that he's actually been pretty good at throwing strikes.

With that UCL Sprain he might not be pitching anywhere until 2026.  His walk rate suggests he has no control. 

[varoadking]

But back to the Soto trade. The organization could have gone for a Mookie Betts type deal, insisting on the Padres taking on Corbin the way the Red Sox pushed Price into that deal and gotten much less of a return.

But who would have taken the ball every 5 days?

Maybe they insisted and the Padres simply said no...

[imref]

Hassell, Wood, and Abrams all had hits in the first with the Nats scoring 4 runs. Thanks Juan!

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Hassell, Wood, and Abrams all had hits in the first with the Nats scoring 4 runs. Thanks Juan!

as great a hitter as Soto is, i don't think he's had 3 hits in an inning.

[imref]

https://www.mlb.com/video/looking-back-at-the-nationals-return-for-juan-soto

[JCA-CrystalCity]

I was sitting next to a couple of Giants fans last night. The guy was super excited to see Wood and was explaining to his girlfriend just how terrific Wood is. He was a Wilmer Flores and Jung Hoo Lee fan too. I pointed out that 4 guys from the trade started last night.

[Smithian]

I was sitting next to a couple of Giants fans last night. The guy was super excited to see Wood and was explaining to his girlfriend just how terrific Wood is. He was a Wilmer Flores and Jung Hoo Lee fan too. I pointed out that 4 guys from the trade started last night.

It’s honestly an incredible return.

Rizzo owns some responsibility for the situation getting so terrible that a Soto trade became plausible, but damn he and the Nats rocked the return.

Soto will end up being a HOF player but at least we’ll not be spending next decades looking at graphics making fun of return like some other historic trades.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Beats the reference point for worthless return salary dumps: Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Beckett, Carl Crawford, and Nick Punto for James Loney, Rubby De La Rosa, Allen Webster, Jerry Sands, and Iván De Jesús.

I'd be curious about Dodger budgets before and after. That was $258 million in commitments they took on. I wonder if that's when the money doesn't matter culture hit them. Sox won the WS the next year spending the money they saved.