What would you trade for Juan Soto?

 OK, market is open for Juan Soto.  

What would you trade to get him?

Looking at Washington's minor league system it is bleak.  Looking at their major league roster it is even more bleak.  

These guys are looking at a long rebuild.  Josh Bell and Nelson Cruz will be free agents.  Stephen Strasburg is just a aalary drain.  

This team needs ML-ready prospects and lots of them.   

When you look at the farm systems of contenders who might trade for Soto only the Dodgers and Mariners have farm systems as good or better than the Guardians and, truth be told, only the Mariners have a deeper farm system than the Indians.

So, while Soto will likely end up in LA or NY after the 2024 season, I don't think it is a given that he will end up there now.

Soto is making $17.1 million this year and he has two arbitration years left, meaning he is likely to make Jose Ramirez money for the next two years.

So, what would a deal for Soto look like and what should we/would we trade?  Here is a proposed trade

Indians get: Soto, Bell, Paulo Espino, Srasburg, Carl Edwards, Jr.. and Matt Cronin

Nationals get: Nolan Jones, Owen Miller, Gabriel Arias, Stephen Kwan, George Valera, Jose Tena, Konnor Pilkington, Tommy Mace, Nick Mikolajchak and Luis Durango.

Basically we are eating Strasburg's remaining salary as he will likely never pitch again.