Juan Soto rejects $440 million offer from the Nats; trade offers now being considered

[True Dough]

Listen, I can relate. I remember my boss coming to me a couple of years ago and saying, "I know I'm in a tough negotiation with an employee named True Dough, but will you accept a 52% pay increase for an average of $12 million more per year over 15 years?"

I replied, "I know my worth. Thanks anyway, but there are better offers out there, I'm sure."

And that's how the free market works!!!

Washington Nationals wunderkind Juan Soto recently turned down a contract extension offer that would have made him the highest-paid player in baseball history, according to Ken Rosenthal. Soto rejected a monster 15-year extension worth $440 million, and the Nationals reportedly now plan to entertain trade offers for last year's NL MVP runner-up.

Here are the detail's on Soto's rejected extension, via The Athletic:

Soto, 23, rejected a 15-year, $440 million offer, sources said. The proposal, the Nationals' third in recent months, did not include any deferred money, a departure from the team's usual practice. The two biggest guarantees in club history, $245 million for right-hander Stephen Strasburg and $210 million for righty Max Scherzer, included significant deferrals, lowering the present-day values of the deals.

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.

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/juan-soto-rejects-nationals-15-year-440-million-extension-team-plans-to-entertain-trade-offers-per-report/

[Xoan]

1. Idiocracy Rules!

[jimfields33]

2. He wants more. He must think he's worth it.

Time will tell.

[Kingofalldems]

3. Nats could get the biggest haul ever for him.

And they need it too. So this could work out well for them.

[EnergizedLib]

4. I hope it works out for him

Man, just think of anything that could go wrong after turning down $440 million. He could get hurt or see his numbers decline. Or even worse, I hope not, his life could end prematurely. Then what kind of help is there for his family?

I'm all for people betting on themselves, but very, very few people can afford to turn down this kind of money, and he turned down money when so many people out there would revel in the tiniest fraction of that.

[Kingofalldems]

5. Nats will make one final offer.

[True Dough]

6. Dodgers, Padres and Cardinals rumored to be the front runners to land Soto in trade

Lengthy analysis here from ESPN:

https://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id/34325971/why-race-juan-soto-decide-rest-mlb-trade-deadline