Strasburg Won't Sign With Washington Nationals? Rumors Flying...

Let's see how long it takes for this one to be refuted by the Nationals...

MASNSports.com's Pete McElroy is reporting, in an article entitled, "Nats Won't Sign Strasburg", that ESPN.com's Pedro Gomez is citing:

"...a source close to the negotiations, said the Nationals have had ongoing dialog with Strasburg's advisor Scott Boras, but they have made no offer other than the mandatory minor league tender that all clubs must make to their picks within 10 days of the draft. That is a standard minor league deal that pays the player $1,000 per month but does not include any bonus money."

Mr. McElroy and the entirety of the remaining DC Faithful are awaiting an official response...

(ed. note - "Thanks to federal baseball reader vanatsfan, who found the original MASN article and this one from ESPN.com):

ESPN.com News Services, "Source: Nats, Strasburg not close."

over 2 years ago Patrick Reddington 7 comments 0 recs |

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I'm not surprised by this kind of story

It’s part of the Boras plan to put pressure on the Nats through the media. Does anyone think that the Nats FO leaked this? Nooooo… As Rizzo said yesterday “we wont be playing this through the media”.

At this stage, I dont think this story means anything and we’ll know whether a deal is signed when it is signed or not.

"Baseball is like church. Many attend; few understand."

by Mezza on Jul 21, 2009 7:34 PM EDT reply actions

Agreed. As I describedit in the gamethread...

“stock quotes fit around an unnamed source…”

Vivian Jaffe: "Have you ever transcended space and time?"
Albert Markovski: "Yes. No. Uh, time, not space... No, I don't know what you're talking about."

by Patrick Reddington on Jul 21, 2009 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Agreed, as well.

I’m going to stick to my guns here and say that Strasburg will be signed. But, let me say that if Strasburg doesn’t sign, I feel it’s more a fault of MLB than the Nationals for two reasons: the lack of a salary cap and allowing ridiculous loopholes within the draft.

The reason the draft is set up the way it is (worst teams getting the first picks) is so that those teams can improve. But when agents simply have to send their players to Japan or to another league to get them back in the draft next year, where’s the accountability? What is the real advantage of having the first draft pick if you don’t really have any bargaining power? If you can’t pay what the agent wants, tough luck, we’ll let the kid try again next year with another team.

by John Quinn on Jul 21, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions