Padres' first baseman Eric Hosmer has rejected a trade to the Nationals, tweets MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand and USA Today’s Bob Nightengale.  Both reporters have clarified that the Padres’ blockbuster deal to acquire Juan Soto from the Nats remains in place.

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Hosmer’s eight-year contract with the Padres, signed in February 2018, includes limited no-trade protection of which the Nationals are a part.  2022 marks Hosmer’s fifth year as a Padre, a tenure that has mostly disappointed outside of the shortened 2020 season.  Hosmer has a 104 wRC+ in 934 plate appearances since the beginning of the 2021 campaign, so he’s still modestly above-average with the bat.

Eric Hosmer is owed about $7MM for the remainder of this season, plus $39MM for 2023-25.  He can opt-out after this season, but that’s an unlikely scenario.