Back in Washington, D.C. for the first time since he was traded to San Diego’s Padres just ten days back, at the 2022 MLB trade deadline, Juan Soto admitted there were emotions coming back again after playing five seasons in the nation’s capital.
And there were plenty on the day Nationals’ GM Mike Rizzo actually dealt him, getting the sort of return they needed to even consider it, with five high-ending prospects and major league bat Luke Voit coming to the Nats in return for two and a half years of a 23-year-old Soto, and a few months of Josh Bell.