According to Bob Nightengale, the San Diego Padres “are aggressively trying to sign Juan Soto to a contract extension, just as they have all season, before having to make a decision this winter whether to keep him or risk losing him as a free agent after 2024.”
The Padres wanting to have Soto be in the brown and gold long-term shouldn’t be a surprise. They traded nearly all of their best prospects (and MacKenzie Gore and CJ Abrams) for him. You don’t do that if you’re just going to let him walk without making any effort to lock him up.