{"id":1557847,"date":"2022-07-16T17:04:09","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T21:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1557847"},"modified":"2022-07-16T17:04:17","modified_gmt":"2022-07-16T21:04:17","slug":"baseball-star-turns-down-biggest-contract-in-mlb-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/baseball-star-turns-down-biggest-contract-in-mlb-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Baseball Star Turns Down Biggest Contract In MLB History"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbaseball-star-turns-down-biggest-contract-in-mlb-history%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1557847&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Twenty-three-year-old star outfielder Juan Soto has reportedly refused the largest contract in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/mlb\">MLB<\/a> history, despite the great lengths the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/washington-nationals\">Washington Nationals<\/a> went to keep him.<\/p>\n<p>Soto declined his team\u2019s 15-year $440 million contract offer, multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nationals-superstar-juan-soto-reportedly-rejects-15-year-440-m-offer-team-could-entertain-trade-offers-163515389.html\">sources<\/a> reported Saturday. The deal would have made him the highest-paid player in terms of total compensation in the league\u2019s history, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/nicholasreimann\/2022\/07\/16\/nationals-soto-rejects-440-million-offer-biggest-contract-in-mlb-history\/?sh=39b769b858e2\">according<\/a> to Forbes.<\/p>\n<p>The Nationals outfielder was reportedly unhappy that the news about his decision broke and appeared \u201csomber\u201d before reporters prior to his game against the Atlanta Braves Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJuan Soto just talked with a few reporters here in D.C. Said he\u2019s not happy this came out because, as he put it, he\u2019s someone who likes to keep things private,\u201d Washington Post and Nationals beat writer Jesse Dougherty <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dougherty_jesse\/status\/1548357294278057986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1548357294278057986%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsports.yahoo.com%2Fnationals-superstar-juan-soto-reportedly-rejects-15-year-440-m-offer-team-could-entertain-trade-offers-163515389.html\">reported<\/a>. \u201cAlso said it\u2019s uncomfortable going into the all-star break but he\u2019ll deal with it. As somber as I\u2019ve seen him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The young star\u2019s rejection means the Nationals will reportedly consider trade offers for Soto as the team continues to struggle with the league\u2019s worst record, currently sitting at 30-62. The trade rumors are surprising, considering the Nats\u2019 General Manager Mike Rizzo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/nicholasreimann\/2022\/07\/16\/nationals-soto-rejects-440-million-offer-biggest-contract-in-mlb-history\/?sh=39b769b858e2\">told<\/a> a Washington sports radio station in June that the team \u201cmade it clear to his agent and to the player\u201d that Soto would not be traded.<\/p>\n<p>After coming into the league at just 19 years old in 2018, Soto quickly proved his worth. The Dominican-born young star was instrumental in the Nationals\u2019 first World Series championship in 2019, holding a .282 batting average during the season, and racking up 110 RBIs and 34 home runs.<\/p>\n<p>Soto continued his dominance in a COVID-shortened 2020 campaign with a .351 batting average, becoming the youngest player to win the National League batting championship. The next season he finished in second place for the National League MVP behind Phillies right-fielder Bryce Harper.<\/p>\n<p>Soto\u2019s numbers this season have fallen behind his usual performance, but he continues to be one of the Nats\u2019 only bright spots on a roster significantly depleted from its star power in 2019. A Soto trade would send shockwaves through the league, as the Nationals\u2019 front office must decide what to do before the August 2 trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFront offices are already having the conversations: What is it going to take to acquire Juan Soto in the wake of him turning down a 15-year, $440 million contract offer from the Nationals?\u201d ESPN\u2019s Jeff Passan asked, adding, \u201cAnd the answer is: The biggest trade package ever. \u2018A Herschel Walker deal,\u2019 one GM said.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty-three-year-old star outfielder Juan Soto has reportedly refused the largest contract in MLB history, despite the great lengths the Washington Nationals went to keep him. Soto declined his team\u2019s 15-year $440 million contract offer, multiple sources reported Saturday. The deal would have made him the highest-paid player in terms of total compensation in the league\u2019s &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1574030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1557847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1557847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1574030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1557847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1557847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1557847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}