MLB Insider Proposes Wild Blockbuster Trade With Yankees For Juan Soto, Other All-Stars

The San Diego Padres have some massive decisions to make this offseason, but none are bigger than what they will do with star outfielder Juan Soto. The team has been contemplating moving him this winter before he enters into the final year of his contract.

The New York Yankees have been the team most linked in a potential Soto deal, and they could use his left-handed power bat in their lineup. New York could also use the star power, and they have been itching to make a splash of late.

MLB insider Joel Sherman of The New York Post discussed a wild trade proposal between the Padres and Yankees involving Soto and other All-Stars.

“I assume even though he is from Southern California that Stanton (owed four years at $98 million) would not waive his no-trade clause (though he has 12 career homers in 81 at-bats — postseason included — at Petco Park) nor would Yu Darvish (five years at $78 million left). But taking on Stanton plus Yankees prospects for Soto, Cronenworth and Darvish would save San Diego more than $90 million overall.”

Per Joel Sherman of The New York Post

In the deal, Sherman has San Diego sending Soto, first baseman Jake Cronenworth and starting pitcher Yu Darvish to New York. They would be getting back some prospects and slugger Giancarlo Stanton.

While it looks like a fleece for the Yankees, the Padres would heavily shed salary and would set themselves up nicely to be aggressive wherever else they wanted.

They would get off the contract of Darvish and Cronenworth but would inherit Stanton’s deal. He had a few more years left on his contract before the Padres could cut ties, but it would be substantially cheaper for them in the long run.

The team has already been rumored to be shopping Cronenworth this offseason, so there is a chance could be moved. But this entire deal likely would never happen as it would take multiple moving pieces to align.

However, it is fun to speculate and look into the different possibilities. It remains to be seen if Soto will be dealt this offseason, but there has been a lot of smoke around a deal, and where there is this much smoke, there normally is fire.