Juan Soto was lining up to spend his career with the Nationals. The franchise player was highly regarded there and the Nationals wanted to keep him.
After all, you don’t make an offer of $440 million to a guy you want to see go..
But the problem? Juan Soto is represented by Scott Boras, who enjoys establishing the value of his clients in the autonomy market. So that forced Soto to say no.
And there, the Nationals unveiled the offer to the right people, who then did the job publicly. And that, Soto did not like that.
When he found out the Nats did it, he stopped trading, which forced the club to trade him. That’s how he made his way to San Diego.
It hurt him because he wanted to stay in DC for the rest of his career, but hey.
Here he is open to staying in San Diego if the contract is signed without talking about it in the media, a question of not reliving what he went through. After all, many people came to see him to tell him that he was making a mistake not to sign the $440 million contract, which bothered him.
This explains his departure from Washington.
- It’s still brewing with MadBum.
- And one for Trea Turner.
- Players aren’t afraid to talk about mental health.
