{"id":22291,"date":"2022-07-22T13:15:54","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T13:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/potential-landing-spots-for-nationals-all-star-outfielder\/"},"modified":"2022-07-22T13:15:54","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T13:15:54","slug":"potential-landing-spots-for-nationals-all-star-outfielder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/potential-landing-spots-for-nationals-all-star-outfielder\/","title":{"rendered":"Potential landing spots for Nationals All-Star outfielder"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Washington Nationals don’t have to trade Juan Soto.<\/p>\n
They are telling teams that they will only move the 23-year-old outfielder \u2013 who has 2 \u00bd years left before becoming a free agent \u2013 \u200b\u200bif it makes sense for them now, and the future.<\/p>\n
The Nationals are not only asking for top prospects, but major-league talent, too.<\/p>\n
You can acquire all of the top 100 prospects you want, but some simply don’t pan out. You want proven players, too, although the Nationals would prefer they’re young enough where they don’t qualify for salary arbitration rights yet.<\/p>\n
Oh, and if you don’t mind, can you take starter Patrick Corbin’s contract off the Nats’ hands, too? He has $70 million left in his six-year, $140 million deal.<\/p>\n\n
The Nationals have expressed all of that to teams, and still, seven teams \u2013 including three from the NL West \u2013 have jumped to the forefront and informed them of their strong desire to acquire Soto.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhoever receives Juan is going to get the immediate benefit of a player who is historically great,” said Scott Boras, Soto’s agent, \u201cand in his prime.”<\/p>\n
And there’s not a soul who will disagree.<\/p>\n
Here are the current seven teams who have actively opened trade talks with the Nats, according to league executives.<\/p>\n