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Offline dcpatti

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Re: Top priority: catcher
« Reply #50: October 17, 2017, 12:09:20 PM »
I wouldn't mind if they had a relationship with Boras that was a little more like other teams. One thing that's guaranteed: the relationship does zero for the Nats.  It's only about money, whatever the Lerners or Rizzo may think.

That Strasburg deal for instance... Steven gets to decide after 2019, and again after 2020, if he wants out. So basically if he keeps ptiching like this, he goes somewhere else for huge money. If he gets injured again... guaranteed pay for four more years beyond 2020.

Strasburg wants to stay here. He likes the way the team makes his health a priority. He said as much in one of the pressers after he signed his extension.  Plus, he and his wife like living in Alexandria (I think they're in the Bel Haven area?) and Mrs Stras wants to have a house full of Strasbabies without having to move every 2-3 years.  The opt-out clauses help make it seem like Boras drove a hard bargain but it was Stras' idea to get the extension done in the first place.