![]() “I want to win every year, I don’t want to keep losing, I hate losing, but it is what it is. Why should I need to change?” Soto asked rhetorically last weekend. “For me, this is the team I’ve been since, what, 2015, I’ve been with this team, and I feel good with it, and when I get to know the city more, it feels great. Soto probably wants to know who he’s signing a decade and a half-long extension with, at a time when the club is undergoing an organizational reboot as they try to build another club which can compete for division titles and World Series championships again. It’s turning into a who looks worse contest isn’t it? Also the fact that the club is for sale, and trying to sign a generational-ish talent to a long-term, big-money extension, only adds to the layers of drama playing out between the two sides now. In an update in story quoted in the write-up on Juan Soto at the ASG below, there is now a line from a team spokesman with the #Nats who “initially did not comment” on the Soto/chartering a plane angle: /AUtBomNbv3- federalbaseball July 21, 2022 Boras said he did not charter a plane himself because that would have been a violation of rules governing agent behavior.) Gary Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports The SI.com writer did add an interesting editorial aside after the quote above: And that’s something that Major League Baseball did not take care of and that’s something that the Washington Nationals did not take care of.” Juan Soto had to fly on a commercial flight and wait in an airport for two hours and get here at 1:30 in the morning and have to compete in the Home Run Derby. You know why? Because their team chartered a plane. The Atlanta Braves arrived here five hours earlier than Juan Soto did. “All I know here is that the Atlanta Braves and Juan Soto played a game yesterday. And so I’m sure Juan will take that under advisement as he goes forward.” “We want all of our discussions to be private,” Boras said, as quoted by SI.com’s Stephanie Apstein. He mentioned how the talks went public with reports on the 15-year/$440M offer, as it did with previously reported extension numbers, and joined Soto in saying it’s unfortunate. ![]() Soto’s agent, Scott Boras, stirred things back up on Tuesday. I’m just going to go to Nationals Park and give my hundred percent every day. ![]() I’m just going to be here to play baseball. All the conversations that they have, they going to have them with him. JUAN SOTO: Like I said, I just let my agent do whatever they need to do. How are you going to sort of stay focused, and is this an example of how you do do that? REPORTER: Especially with a performance like this tonight, you know that your name is going to be a big one these next couple weeks until the deadline. And that shows you I can go through anything. I’ve been going through all this stuff and I’m still here standing up and with my chin up, all the time. How would you describe your day start to finish? ![]() REPORTER: You had a busy day, you answered a lot of questions about your contract, you come out here and you win this thing in three rounds. You don't know what to trust." /slevulbG9k- SNY July 18, 2022Īnd Soto was still being asked about his future past August 2nd after he won the HR Derby on Monday night. "A couple weeks ago, they were saying they will never trade me. Talking on the All-Star media day, Soto told reporters himself he was not happy negotiations on a potential extension have gone public: We’ve all been through it at some point in time, but he’s got to go out there and remember why he’s here, and that’s to help us win games, and I know he’ll do that.” But like I said, he’s got to understand that it’s part of the game. and I’m sure when things like that come out that are personal, it bothers people. “He’s young,” manager Davey Martinez, who was part of the NL coaching staff for the All-Star Game, said last week when asked about the latest offer details leaking, “. It feels a little uncomfortable at the beginning, but I will be fine.” “I’m going to try to enjoy it as much as I can. “It won’t do any damage to my weekend,” he said last week. 409/.567/.864, two doubles, six home runs, 16 walks, 4 Ks in 15 games and 60 PAs), and he is being asked if he will still be with the Washington Nationals after the trade deadline after reportedly turning down a 15-year/$440M extension offer and raising questions about whether the club would be better off dealing him, Juan Soto said he would still enjoy his All-Star experience. In spite of the fact no one is talking about his July surge (.
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