Just a few short hours after news broke of the Washington Nationals and San Diego Padres’ mega-deal at the trade deadline, which sent Juan Soto and Josh Bell to southern California for five prospects (MacKenzie Gore, C.J. Abrams, James Wood, Robert Hassell III, and Jarlin Susana), and a big league bat (Luke Voit), a reporter asked Nats’ manager Davey Martinez if he knew it would only be 10 days before Soto and Bell were back in Nationals Park with their new team for the three-game series which starts tonight.
“Thanks,” Martinez deadpanned in response to the question.