Given that the Cubs are likely going to begin another selloff in a day, or two, or a week, this might sound like an absurd premise, the idea that they might trade for Nationals star Juan Soto.
Soto recently rejected a 14-year, $440 million offer from the Nationals, which would have been the largest total dollar deal in MLB history. From an AAV point of view, though:
The Nationals’ offer exceeded in total dollars the 12-year, $426.5 million contract Mike Trout signed with the Angels in March 2019. Soto would have received an average salary of $29.