Signing(s): Stephen Strasburg re-signs with the Nationals (7 years, $245 million)

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[Marc the Habs Fan]

So bye bye Rendon as their owner was adamant they can only afford 1.

He might have been bluffing though.

 

[John Price]

Good move.

 

[MMC]

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Huge deal for a 31 year old but there could be a lot of deferred money as the Nats love doing that.

Record deal for a pitcher as Price was 217 M.

 

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[Marc the Habs Fan]

35 M.

Cole is getting 40 M per now.

 

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[Brodeur]

Doesn't quite eclipse Kawhi Leonard's AAV for title of highest paid SDSU alum.

 

[BMOK33]

This will be a catastrophe if he returns to constantly being hurt all the time

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

Good pitcher, but 31 years old. In the era of stricter team budgets and valuing prospects, it'll be interesting to see this in a couple years. $35 mil a year is stout.

 

[MikeCubs]

Too long of a deal for a player that turns 32 during the season and has that type of injury history. The Nats should have spent on Rendon and a couple second tier pitchers instead.

 

[SJSharksfan39]

I hope he's worth that long deal. At least the first domino has fallen and we could see a pretty active Hot Stove Winter Meetings.

 

[BMOK33]

Too long of a deal for a player that turns 32 during the season and has that type of injury history. The Nats should have spent on Rendon and a couple second tier pitchers instead.

The Nats farm system pitching wise is a walking nightmare right now (no pun intended). Hitting wise they have like 4-5 more Sotos on the way so it was more imperative to do this and let Rendon go. Especially with Scherzer probably retiring in the next 2-3 seasons

 

[MikeCubs]

The Nats farm system pitching wise is a walking nightmare right now (no pun intended). Hitting wise they have like 4-5 more Sotos on the way so it was more imperative to do this and let Rendon go. Especially with Scherzer probably retiring in the next 2-3 seasons

4-5 more Soto's? My impression is the Nats don't have much pitching or hitting wise other than Carter Kieboom at 2nd base. Most sites have the Nats entire farm system ranked near the bottom.

The #Nats farm system and Baseball America rankings | TalkNats.com

 

[Terry Yake]

im pretty sure they can still afford rendon

 

[Filthy Dangles]

The Nats farm system pitching wise is a walking nightmare right now (no pun intended). Hitting wise they have like 4-5 more Sotos on the way so it was more imperative to do this and let Rendon go. Especially with Scherzer probably retiring in the next 2-3 seasons

what in the world....is this sarcasm?

Good pitcher, but 31 years old. In the era of stricter team budgets and valuing prospects, it'll be interesting to see this in a couple years. $35 mil a year is stout.

carbon copy comment from the Scherzer thread a few years back

 

[MikeCubs]

im pretty sure they can still afford rendon

Sure they can but the question is do they want to pay for both Strausberg and Rendon. Last week the owner said it was likely one or the other.

 

[NHL WAR]

Has the potential to be a spectacular catastrophe of a contract. The Scherzer deal worked out great, though, maybe they'll beat the odds again.

 

[MMC]

im pretty sure they can still afford rendon

Maybe but they still have quite a few more holes to fill and they won’t be able to do that + sign Rendon without going over the luxury tax

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

That is a ton for a 31 year old pitcher. But the Nats could not afford to let him go

 

[MikeCubs]

That is a ton for a 31 year old pitcher. But the Nats could not afford to let him go

This is the type of thinking that leads to disasters. I read on ESPN Strausberg only threw enough innings 4 times to quality for the era title. What scares me too is the almost career high 209 innings(6 short of his regular season career high) plus all the additional postseason innings(46.1 IP).

They could have took that money and signed 2 second tier guys like a Ryu, Kuechel, Wade Miley etc... or maybe one second tier guy and improved an awful bullpen plus keep the safe bet Rendon. Starting with Scherzer and Corbin isn't a bad rotation if you add a 2nd tier pierce or 2.

The ESPN guys would have went with Rendon since position players are safer and Strausberg's injury history.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id...tephen-strasburg-245-million-return-nationals

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Huge deal for a 31 year old but there could be a lot of deferred money as the Nats love doing that.

Record deal for a pitcher as Price was 217 M.

 

[Canes]

4-5 more Soto's? My impression is the Nats don't have much pitching or hitting wise other than Carter Kieboom at 2nd base. Most sites have the Nats entire farm system ranked near the bottom.

The #Nats farm system and Baseball America rankings | TalkNats.com

@BMOK33 says a lot of crazy wrong things but this might take the cake