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Offline Ray D

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Re: Top priority: catcher
« Reply #50: October 17, 2017, 02:28:16 PM »
So many were convinced Stras would never sign an extension here and now they are convinced he just opts out and signs elsewhere.  Did it ever occur to some of you he might just like where he's at?  He could have signed in free agency with somebody else and got the same opt-out clauses in his deal.  Why would he only want to stay in DC another few years then leave?  What would have changed?  He's started a family, so they only are going to have deeper roots here by that time. 

It isn't a matter of leaving.  It's that his opt-out is tantamount to free-agency (actually better - he has a guaranteed contract if he opts-in and free agency if he opts-out).  So at that point he is free to negotiate a new contract, if he feels that the current contract doesn't live up to his market value. So rather than "why would he leave" the question would be: why wouldn't he try to negotiate a better contract?  He may well end up here, the point is, the contract really isn't the home discount it was advertised to be.