How Juan Soto became a San Diego Padre -- inside the biggest deal in baseball history - ESPN

It took weeks of maneuvering and hours of discussion -- and still hit an Eric Hosmer-related hiccup at the end. But by the afternoon of Aug. 2, baseball history was made.

BLEARY-EYED AND SLEEP-DEPRIVED, their five-o'clock shadows looking more like 10, A.J. Preller and Mike Rizzo lurched into their offices on opposite coasts early Tuesday morning ready to do the unthin… [+28516 chars]

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