Gore vs Soto

[rileyn]

Gore or Soto?

[Smithian]

Soto over Gore. Done.

Soto or Gore/Abram/Hassell/Susana/Wood?

[nobleisthyname]

Soto over Gore. Done.

Soto or Gore/Abram/Hassell/Susana/Wood?

I voted Soto over Gore but I think at this point the trade looks like a win* for the Nats even if Soto was raking for the Padres.

*Still operating under the assumption there was no way to sign Soto to an extension before he hit free agency.

[imref]

PB's twitter poll ended with about 76% saying 'no'

I'm in the 'no' camp. There's no way less than two years of Soto is worth more than 5 years of Gore IMHO.

[IanRubbish]

PB's twitter poll ended with about 76% saying 'no'

I'm in the 'no' camp. There's no way less than two years of Soto is worth more than 5 years of Gore IMHO.

Same.  Plus Boras wants to use Soto to reset the market with a $500 million+ contract.  We had two large Boras deals pay off with Jayson Werth and Max.  However, most of them don't and whoever is the sucker for the Soto deal will undoubtedly regret it.

[PowerBoater69]

Soto is slumping, Gore is surging, Soto is a free agent after 2024, Gore is locked up long term. Soto is expensive, Gore is cheap. Even if the Nats were in win now mode keeping Gore is the right call. The only way that trade works for the Padres is if they win a World Series.

In any case, the right move is to always trade Boras guys when they hit their arb years.

[Section214]

If Soto would agree to an extension as part of the trade, it's not even a question.

[Five Banners]

Remarkably, Gore is only four months younger

[Natsinpwc]

Pitchers often run into arm problems as we know. That makes it hard to say you will take a pitcher over an everyday player.

[welch]

Who is Soto?

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Gore has had a hot month and a half before, which is why there was a lot of skepticism here before his first start this season.

[PowerBoater69]

If Soto would agree to an extension as part of the trade, it's not even a question.

I'm pretty OK with Soto not being owed $440 million by the Nats.

[imref]

I'm pretty OK with Soto not being owed $440 million by the Nats.

the Nats have a pretty good record when it comes to players who turn down our extensions being busts (JZ, Desmond, Rendon).  We have an awful record when they accept our extension offers (Strasburg, maybe Zimmerman).  Harper of course is an enigma since we won a WS after he turned down our offer but went on to win a WS.  The jury is still out on Soto.