The Washington Nationals dealt Juan Soto to the San Diego Padres in a blockbuster trade deadline offer that yielded a big swatch of prospective customers.

Soto experienced turned down a 15-yr, $440 million deal just before the Nationals commenced to store him. He now joins a workforce that is in the center of the playoff hunt with Fernando Tatis Jr. and Manny Machado.

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The Nationals tweeted a image of Soto after the trade. The picture confirmed the youthful outfielder in the dugout through the 2019 World Sequence, exactly where the group won their 1st title in excess of the Houston Astros. The tweet examine "Eternally."

Juan Soto, #22 of the Washington Nationals, bats in the course of the game among the St. Louis Cardinals and the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on Sunday, July 31, 2022 in Washington, District of Columbia.  (Photograph by Rob Tringali/MLB Photographs by means of Getty Images)

It is unclear what the Nationals have been seeking to say with the tweet but was panned across social media.

Soto made his debut as a 19-yr-outdated in 2018 and completed 2nd in Nationwide League Rookie of the Calendar year voting. He would garner Nationwide League MVP votes from 2019 to 2021, ending second very last season.

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Washington Nationals' Juan Soto, proper, celebrates with Josh Bell after his solo property operate through the fourth inning of a baseball sport against the New York Mets at Nationals Park, Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, in Washington, D.C.  (WHD Picture/Alex Brandon)

This year, Soto has hit 21 home runs with a .246 batting regular and a .894 OPS. 

San Diego also acquired Josh Bell in the offer. The Nationals will receive very first baseman Luke Voit, shortstop C.J. Abrams, remaining-handed pitcher MacKenzie Gore and prospective buyers Robert Hassell III, James Wooden and Jarlin Susana.

Veteran to start with baseman Eric Hosmer was initially element of the package deal to be sent to Washington for Soto and Bell, but Hosmer reportedly invoked his minimal no-trade clause, forcing the two groups to pivot to Voit in the deal. Hosmer’s no-trade clause is for 10 specific groups, with the Nationals being one particular of the 10. 

Washington Nationals' Juan Soto gestures to the viewing dugout as he ways the batter's box for his very first at-bat in the to start with inning of a baseball game versus the St. Louis Cardinals, Friday, July 29, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (WHD Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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Hosmer was inevitably traded to the Boston Pink Sox.