1 Juan Soto trade the San Diego Padres should make, 1 they shouldn't
Our colleagues at FanSided.com proposed a handful of Juan Soto trades. We're picking one to make and one to avoid.
![Jul 16, 2023; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; San Diego Padres left fielder Juan Soto (22) against](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_crop,w_1859,h_1045,x_0,y_0/c_fill,w_752,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/images/ImagnImages/mmsport/133/01h5qm1fk22za3vv0tzk.jpg)
Could San Diego Padres' outfielder Juan Soto be traded twice in a calendar year?
After arriving in Southern California last summer in a trade with the Washington Nationals, the 24-year-old superstar is once again the subject of trade rumors. And our colleagues over at FanSided.com have drawn up a few hypothetical scenarios between the Padres and other suitors, which you can find here.
Let's delve into two of these proposed trades involving Juan Soto, including one the Friars should make and one they should avoid.
The San Diego Padres should make this Juan Soto trade with the New York Yankees
In this first scenario, the Padres would trade Juan Soto to the Yankees. It would look a little something like this:
Padres Trade: OF Juan Soto
Yankees Trade: Jasson Dominguez, Austin Wells, Will Warren, Estevan Florial
Two top-100 prospects in Dominguez, an outfielder, and Wells, a catcher, start this package off with a bang. Will Warren is a close to MLB-ready pitching prospect and Estevan Florial has found himself without a clear path to playing time in the Yankees' outfield mix.
Considering Soto has an extra year of control remaining beyond this season, I like this proposal a lot. It respects his talent by requiring the Yankees to send two legitimate prospects to bolster San Diego's farm system, plus two very solid depth pieces that could contribute to the Friars both now and in 2024.
![Jul 18, 2023; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; San Diego Padres left fielder Juan Soto (22) hits a two run](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/w_480/images/ImagnImages/mmsport/133/01h5qnc2bdf68xm2rypy.jpg)
The San Diego Padres should avoid making this Juan Soto trade with the Toronto Blue Jays
The second scenario we're evaluating is a little less appealing from San Diego's perspective with respect to trading Juan Soto.
Here are the details of this hypothetical Padres-Blue Jays swap:
Padres trade: Juan Soto
Blue Jays trade: Ricky Tiedemann, Orelvis Martinez, Dasan Brown, Alek Manoah
Right off the bat, the only MLB top-100 prospect moving in this trade is the right-hander Ricky Tiedemann, who is Toronto's lone top prospect on that list for what that's worth.
Orelvis Martinez, an infielder, is the Blue Jays' fourth-ranked prospect, per MLB Pipeline. But in a weak system, how much is he truly worth? The same can be said of Dasan Brown, an outfielder who slots in as Toronto's 15th-ranked prospect.
As for Alek Manoah, need we remind you he was optioned to the Florida Complex League for a stint this season after struggling mightily in the Blue Jays' rotation to open 2023? The Padres might be intrigued enough to take a chance on Manoah as they bank on a change of scenery doing wonders for the big right-hander, but he has a ceiling.
Overall, San Diego would be wiser to accept the hypothetical Yankees' package for Juan Soto, while rejecting Toronto.
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