The Yankees and Padres have reportedly been closing in on a blockbuster trade centered around Juan Soto for the last day or so.
As of 7 p.m. ET Wednesday night, the teams had not officially agreed to a deal.
The trade includes San Diego sending Soto and Trent Grisham to New York in exchange for Michael King, Drew Thorpe, Jhony Brito, Randy Vasquez and Kyle Higasioka, MLB Network’s Jon Morosi reported Wednesday.
“We still do believe there is still a chance that it happens tonight,” Morosi stated Wednesday on MLB Network.
The trade is delayed because the Padres are reviewing medicals and information, MLB’s Bryan Hoch reported. While report after report stated that the deal is close to done, the transaction had still not been made official as of Wednesday evening.
Given the stakes of a deal that would send Soto to the Yankees, MLB fans started to grow weary of waiting for the news, and dropped their reactions on social media:
Us Yankee fans waiting for the Juan Soto deal to be done 🫠 pic.twitter.com/HqcIBBiVVv
— Anthony Jacques (@TheJoc26) December 6, 2023
remember that time we almost had Juan Soto pic.twitter.com/QGl52hAJsD
— 𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐊𝐈𝐄 (@FrankiesTwoLoud) December 7, 2023
Just sitting here refreshing the timeline over and over, hoping this time Juan Soto is a Yankee pic.twitter.com/wWhMY1NBfD
— River Ave. Blues (@RiverAveBlues) December 7, 2023
Every reporter saying the Juan Soto trade is being finalized all day pic.twitter.com/lAEEzNOnPU
— Hoodie Maybin (@HoodieMaybin) December 6, 2023
If a Juan Soto deal falls apart on the anniversary of Arson Judge… pic.twitter.com/DA2Mw2aOkW
— Adam K (@TortsIllustrtd) December 7, 2023
MLB Reporters in the "Juan Soto deal is close" olympics pic.twitter.com/nlABZvBCzF
— jack (@Jolly_Olive) December 6, 2023
Juan Soto to the Yankees pic.twitter.com/UdZgyIScxi
— Sam (@TreIindor20) December 6, 2023
Juan Soto’s time with the Yankees pic.twitter.com/zV3EV2ciLk
— A ⛄️ (@BosaXChase) December 6, 2023
