There is no precedent for what we could see in less than 36 hours. Juan Soto of the Nationals is the rarest of players on the trading block because of his youth (age 23), controllable years (two after this one) and historic talent.
Naturally, there are many contending teams that would love to add Soto to boost their chances of making the playoffs and a possible World Series run this season, as well as in 2023 and ’24. But which one of them, if any, will be the club to put together an offer that Washington can’t refuse before Tuesday’s 6 p.m. ET deadline?
To help us sort through the chaos and magnitude of the Soto sweepstakes, the SI MLB writers answered the following question: For what team is Soto playing on Aug. 3? Here’s what they had to say: