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Jeff Passan: 80 Percent Chance Juan Soto Traded Before Deadline

ESPN's Jeff Passan believes there's an 80 percent chance that the Washington Nationals move star outfielder Juan Soto before the Tuesday no-waiver trade deadline, per comments made on the Dan Patrick Show on Friday.

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"If he [Mike Rizzo] continues to stick to the ask that he's put out to teams up until this point, I'm not sure Juan Soto is going anywhere. He's been asking for 125% of Juan Soto's value."<br><br>-<a href="https://twitter.com/JeffPassan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JeffPassan</a> discusses the likelihood of Juan Soto getting moved<a href="https://t.co/A7PJZRSpqn">https://t.co/A7PJZRSpqn</a> <a href="https://t.co/Iym4QKfjBD">pic.twitter.com/Iym4QKfjBD</a>

However, Passan's remarks dropped with the caveat that Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo has asked teams for "125 percent of Juan Soto's value," noting that he's been looking for franchises to part with "five or six tippy-top prospects from every organization he's been talking to.