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.
By Seth Carlson

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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