Juan Soto turned down a 13-year, $350 million contract from the Washington Nationals before the lockout, according to this @Enrique_Rojas1 report. In the story, Soto confirms the offer.More from Enrique at @ESPNDeportes: https://t.co/zNnlWTb9Rd— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) February 16, 2022
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 19:22 (two years ago) link
He has 6 home runs this year, and a total of 7 RBIs.
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 6 May 2022 20:12 (two years ago) link
juan soto is in one of the worst slumps of his career.
https://i.imgur.com/SYsTbAb.png
juan soto is batting 25% better than the average MLB hitter (wRC+ 125, .214/.265/.432 with 14 HRs)juan soto's babip is .207, more than 100 points below any other season. juan soto has 20.0 fWAR and is 23 years old.
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Thursday, 23 June 2022 16:40 (one year ago) link
Turned down a 15 year/$440M extension. My guess is that no amount would have been sufficient.
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 16 July 2022 20:30 (one year ago) link
That sounds crazy but I honestly can't blame him for thinking he could get more, possibly a lot more, if he hits FA, and he wouldn't have to spend some of his best years on a rebuilding team. Would really only need to get like 10/400 at 26 to beat it and possibly even leave an opportunity for another decent payday at 36.
― ✖, Saturday, 16 July 2022 20:45 (one year ago) link
$440M seems like a big deal.
― clemenza, Saturday, 16 July 2022 23:59 (one year ago) link
he's gonna be a yankee, isn't he
― mookieproof, Sunday, 17 July 2022 00:58 (one year ago) link
With six playoff teams per league, "rebuilding" doesn't mean what it used to.
Can't blame Soto for wanting to bet on himself though.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 17 July 2022 12:17 (one year ago) link
i feel bad for nats fans
― na (NA), Monday, 18 July 2022 19:50 (one year ago) link
I can’t believe there seems to be a growing consensus that he will be traded in a week or two. My guess is that it probably costs a team their top 3-5 prospects plus some of their current starters. https://blogs.fangraphs.com/with-juan-soto-available-the-nationals-have-upended-the-trade-market/
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 18 July 2022 23:06 (one year ago) link
Goofy trade scenarios (skimmed--I think the writer's just making them up).
https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/exploring-juan-soto-trades-no-matter-how-far-fetched/
― clemenza, Tuesday, 19 July 2022 03:18 (one year ago) link
whats going on here.
The #Padres, barely clinging to the final wild-card berth, are still awaiting dividends on their blockbuster trade:Juan Soto is hitting .063 (3-48) without an extra-base hit in his last 15 games; .202 with 7 RBI in 35 games since his arrival.Josh Bell is hitting .204/.319/.307.— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) September 16, 2022
― Spottie, Friday, 16 September 2022 19:58 (one year ago) link
And that's not even to mention Josh Hader's 4-digit ERA as a Padre. What's going on?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 16 September 2022 20:38 (one year ago) link
san diego is where stars go to die
― Spottie, Friday, 16 September 2022 20:41 (one year ago) link
It’s fascinating to me how bad the deadline deals have worked out so far to the Padres. And I say that as a person who wants them to do well.
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 16 September 2022 23:52 (one year ago) link
I was gonna post that Drury's been great but I see he only has a 700 OPS too!
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Saturday, 17 September 2022 00:12 (one year ago) link
just a poorly timed slump
― ciderpress, Saturday, 17 September 2022 01:31 (one year ago) link
Haven't read it yet, but Posnanski has a column on Soto today:
What gives? At ages 21 and 22, Soto was channeling Ted Williams. Now, all due respect, he’s channeling Ted Sizemore. How can we make sense of any of this?
― clemenza, Friday, 21 April 2023 17:30 (one year ago) link
san diego is where stars go to die― Spottie, Friday, September 16, 2022 1:41 PM (seven months ago)
― Spottie, Friday, September 16, 2022 1:41 PM (seven months ago)
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 21 April 2023 17:46 (one year ago) link
Probably no surprise, in view of the fact Soto again leads the league in BB; Posnanski (with some numbers for support) thinks Soto has become too selective.
I've got to believe he'll come back--if not all the way, at least to an All-Star level. Mostly I liked the Ted Sizemore reference in that quote.
― clemenza, Friday, 21 April 2023 18:06 (one year ago) link
Finally, finally--having a player-of-the-month May:
.346/.485/.680, 11 doubles, 5 HR
I don't know if there was any validity to that "too selective" theory (always a dicey proposition). Has he become more aggressive? Twenty-one walks for the month would suggest otherwise. Tim?
― clemenza, Saturday, 27 May 2023 18:31 (one year ago) link
(Will be seeing them/him in July.)
― clemenza, Saturday, 27 May 2023 18:32 (one year ago) link
MVP already locked up.
― clemenza, Sunday, 31 March 2024 21:43 (two months ago) link
Is this the Yankees thread now?
― calstars, Sunday, 31 March 2024 22:56 (two months ago) link
I hope he's a Yankee forever
― H.P, Sunday, 31 March 2024 23:10 (two months ago) link
At least for as long as they're playing the asstros
― H.P, Sunday, 31 March 2024 23:13 (two months ago) link
kinda weird to see the team happy tho ngl
― H.P, Sunday, 31 March 2024 23:14 (two months ago) link
I don't know who Sal Licata is, but he's taken it upon himself to revive the whole Joey Votto thing from 15 years ago, complaining about Soto being selective when there are runs that need to be knocked in. (From what I've seen in a cursory look around, he gets lots of pushback via comments.)
― clemenza, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 17:50 (one month ago) link
so to clarify, some guy is talking about something that happened 15 years ago
― na (NA), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 17:58 (one month ago) link
No--he's talking about something happening now, and not especially insightfully. I'm drawing the comparison to what Votto went through 15 years ago.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 18:26 (one month ago) link
Massive if true. I'm gonna pay more attention to Sal Licata from here on out.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 22:12 (one month ago) link
You see how incredibly timely my post was? In the midst of a Jays meltdown today, Soto came up with two out, runners on second and third, score 4-4. He had the discipline to work a full-count walk, including a called strike that wasn't even close. Which brought Judge up, who knocked in two (also shook off a terrible strike call). If Soto isn't Soto, he probably chases and makes the third out.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 22:20 (one month ago) link
Anyway, is this a new ILX policy, that we shouldn't be posting about stupid stuff people say? There goes 63% of all posting.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 22:24 (one month ago) link
We prefer to run with "in-house" stupidity round these parts
― H.P, Thursday, 18 April 2024 00:05 (one month ago) link
That's some real, the-antagonist-scouts-in-moneyball, type logic tho! You can see that exact thought coming from the round table drafting scene at the beginning of the movie
― H.P, Thursday, 18 April 2024 00:09 (one month ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/sBUf3od.png
― z_tbd, Sunday, 12 May 2024 15:29 (three weeks ago) link
Terrible baserunner and fielder, I agree!
― clemenza, Sunday, 12 May 2024 15:40 (three weeks ago) link
he is so good
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 12 May 2024 15:46 (three weeks ago) link
4-4, 2 HR, 3 RBI today. With Judge and Stanton warming up, that's pretty daunting.
― clemenza, Saturday, 18 May 2024 20:12 (two weeks ago) link
Soto's .421 career OBP puts him at #19 all-time (tied with Mickey Mantle) if he were to retire tomorrow.
Only other active players in the top 100 are Trout (.411), Votto (.409) & Judge (.396).
― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Monday, 20 May 2024 20:28 (two weeks ago) link