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The biggest deadline deal ever? Are the Padres the NL's new team to beat? What to make of blockbuster Juan Soto trade

Juan Soto is a San Diego Padre. In the biggest blockbuster of the 2022 MLB trade deadline, the Washington Nationals dealt the 23-year-old megastar for a treasure trove of top prospects.

Now that Soto will be playing his home games at Petco Park, what does it mean for the Padres and the rest of baseball this season and beyond? Has there ever been a midseason trade quite this monumental?

ESPN baseball experts Bradford Doolittle, Alden Gonzalez, Joon Lee, Jesse Rogers and David Schoenfield answer the biggest questions.

Is this the biggest trade deadline deal ever?