Morning Coffee: Padres The Biggest Deadline Day Movers In FanDuel Futures Markets

The San Diego Padres were +2000 to win the World Series at FanDuel heading into the MLB trade deadline.

After completing their blockbuster deal for Juan Soto, the Padres moved to +1000 to win it all on FanDuel.

Soto is the first player in MLB history, age 23 or younger, to change teams midseason in the same year that he was an All-Star.

While 29 of the 30 MLB teams pulled the trigger on at least one trade before the deadline, none of them comes close to the splash that vaulted the Padres into the top five choices to win the World Series this season.

Here’s the TSN EDGE Morning Coffee for Wednesday August 3rd, 2022.

Padres Futures On The Move At FanDuel

The New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, New York Mets and Atlanta Braves were the top five choices to win the World Series at FanDuel heading into the trade deadline.

Move over Atlanta, because there’s a new team in the top-five this morning.

The #Padres have acquired outfielder Juan Soto and first baseman Josh Bell from the Washington Nationals. Details: https://t.co/orhwRJEWLh pic.twitter.com/B1CLnNL704

The Padres added a 23-year-old MVP candidate that owns a better OBP through his age-23 season than any other player in the Modern Era other than Ted Williams.

Soto is tied for the highest WAR among position players since the start of the 2020 season. 

He becomes the second player on the San Diego roster that has finished top-five for MVP voting in each of the past two seasons, joining new teammate Fernando Tatis Jr.

There's a BIG THREE in San Diego! The Padres [+500] are tied for the 3rd shortest odds to come out of the NL over at @FanDuel. pic.twitter.com/8FucnggZCX

Sitting just outside of the top tier of World Series contenders entering this week, the