Longtime MLB insider Buster Olney shook up the baseball rumor mill with a report suggesting that the Washington Nationals could look to trade All-Star outfielder Juan Soto as soon as this season.
The 23-year-old phenom is under team control for two more years after the 2022 campign, but it's unclear whether the Nats could extend him after he already turned down a lucrative 13-year, $350 million deal in the offseason.
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Soto's agent, Scott Boras, is known to take his clients to free agency, potentially putting the Nationals in a difficult position of having to decide whether to trade the prized slugger sooner rather than later so as to maximize their return.
Further complicating matters is the looming potential sale of the Nationals, while the team continues to struggle on the field amid its post-World Series rebuild.
In any event, the prospect of Soto on the trading block had some fans salivating over the possibility of adding a generational talent to their favorite teams, while others were simply in disbelief that the Nationals could consider offloading a player who looks like a potential future Hall of Famer.
Here's what some users were saying about the report on Twitter:
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