That refrain always sounds logical right up until it is too late. The nats can’t ever expect to have more leverage than today. Right now, they can offer him life changing money, a couple more trips through arbitration, and he has less and less to worry about in terms of long term financial stability
Yep, agreed. And the trend around the league is to do deals like this. We never get the chance, because Boras doesn't go for those kind of deals.
