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Juan Soto turned down a huge amount of money from the Washington Nationals.
According to The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal, Soto turned down a 15-year $440 million contract offer from the Nationals and will likely get traded now.
BREAKING: Juan Soto rejects $440M offer. Nationals will now entertain trading him. Story: https://t.co/u4ubuImb2S
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) July 16, 2022
Rosenthal notes that Soto would make less annually than Mike Trout in the long run.
The Nationals’ offer exceeded in total dollars the 12-year, $426.5 million contract Mike Trout signed with the Angels in March 2019. Soto would have received an average salary of $29.33 million, the 20th-highest in baseball history, with the deal extending from his Ages 24 to 38 seasons, effectively making him a National for the rest of his career.
Front offices are already having the conversations: What is it going to take to acquire Juan Soto in the wake of him turning down a 15-year, $440 million contract offer from the Nationals? And the answer is: The biggest trade package ever. “A Herschel Walker deal,” one GM said.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) July 16, 2022
While Soto is surely going to get paid big money whenever he signs his next contract, fans were beside themselves.
Bro said he want five hunnid https://t.co/EhulgQJE8M
— Trill Withers (@TylerIAm) July 16, 2022
I can’t even fathom saying nah I’m good on that $440M to play baseball https://t.co/lwk5UiJ3CH
— Wu Tang is for the Children (@WUTangKids) July 16, 2022
He said I’m a Half Billi Boy get out of my face with that broke shit https://t.co/VHTBDXuoxW
— Mike Guardabascio (@Guardabascio) July 16, 2022
Rejecting 440 million… https://t.co/nTSQOTMcoy pic.twitter.com/gci7D7RBpq
— The Pettiest Laker Fan 🤫 (@ThePettiestLA) July 16, 2022
I get offered 440 million and I’m signing on the spot
— kyle (@knicks_tape99) July 16, 2022
If I got offered $440 million i’d play in North Korea
— Ethan aka The People’s Insider (@EthanGSN) July 16, 2022