“We put our wishlist out there to the teams,” Washington Nationals’ GM Mike Rizzo said when he spoke with reporters about trading Juan Soto and Josh Bell to San Diego with hours to go before the trade deadline this past Tuesday.
“We needed a handful, a package of premium prospects, and then we talk after that. So that’s where it began. It eliminated quite a few teams, and we found a team that had the prospects we liked, wanted Soto enough, and we made the deal.
The package they received from the Padres included shortstop C.