I have to imagine the Buerhle camp would let the Nats have an opportunity to up their offer.
That was option #1, that Rizzo had no clue of the market, probably the worse option than him trying to put on a facade for the fanbase.
For one, no one saw the Marlins doing this. Thy were overbidding for everyone.
Second, unless the Nationals were willing to top the Marlins by a lot, he wasn't coming here. He likes Ozzie. He's said that would be an incentive to go there. The fact that the Marlins were willing to overpay only sweetened the deal. Is be willing to bet that he didn't go back to any team after the Marlins' offer.
Buehrle was over paid and didn't really want to be here. Wilson signed for less to go to LA. And we were never in the running for Pujols. I fail to see any real issue with the offseason thus far. The only thing that Rizzo has failed to do is get the CFer that he has wanted for a while, but no one is dealing.
