With the worst record in baseball, and slogging through their longest losing streak of 2022, the Washington Nationals now look like the hottest team on the trade market as the major leagues head into the All-Star Break.
Hours before the Nats dropped their ninth straight, 6-3 to the Atlanta Braves, Nationals fans were jolted out of bed on an otherwise sleepy summer Saturday with the news the team will reportedly be entertaining offers for Juan Soto.
The once untouchable, 23-year-old superstar who was supposedly at the center of General Manager Mike Rizzo’s reboot is suddenly on the market after rejecting a 15-year $440 million offer.