WP: Nats MASN deal renegotations will have a huge impact

[HalfSmokes]

his agent doesn't get to make that decision. If the next best offer is significantly lower, maybe payments for life are worth it. If he can get it indexed for inflation, it's probably the smart choice

[NatsAllThe Way]

his agent doesn't get to make that decision. If the next best offer is significantly lower, maybe payments for life are worth it. If he can get it indexed for inflation, it's probably the smart choice

Touche, I hope you're right.  For that matter, why not allow him to ensure an income for his descendants.  Offer him a cool billion dollars, 5 million a year for 200 years.  Great deal for both sides IMO.  Index it for inflation if you want, I'm okay with that.

[OldChelsea]

Sixteen days ago marked the fourth anniversary of the launching of this thread...still waiting for that 'deal' and that 'huge impact'....

[dracnal]

Sixteen days ago marked the fourth anniversary of the launching of this thread...still waiting for that 'deal' and that 'huge impact'....

It is having a huge impact. Zobrist, Hayward, Cespedes, etc. This entire offseason was hugely impacted by the renegotiations.

[OldChelsea]

It is having a huge impact. Zobrist, Hayward, Cespedes, etc. This entire offseason was hugely impacted by the renegotiations.

Looking at it from that angle, that is true.

[NatsAllThe Way]

It is having a huge impact. Zobrist, Hayward, Cespedes, etc. This entire offseason was hugely impacted by the renegotiations.

The biggest problem with the whole Cespedes thing is not so much that we didn't sign him, but that the Mets did.  That will haunt the Nats all season.  If we lose the division by 2 games, and Werth has another injury-riddled crapfest of a season, we'll all know that Cespedes playing for the Nats instead of the Mets would've won it for us easily.

[Dave301]

Barry Svrluga was just on MLB Network, and was asked why the Nats weren't able to get the FA they were after. He told them straight up that it has nothing to do with any notion of "clubhouse toxicity", but more about being forced to offer deferred payment contract as a result of the MASN mess. The truth is finally getting out there.

[mitlen]

Boycott Baltimore

[Mr Clean]

Boycott Baltimore

Seconded.

[HalfSmokes]

Boo Phil woods when you see him at the park

[mitlen]

I see Wood, FP and Carpenter as moles   ....  not sure for which side though.

[GburgNatsFan]

Because he works for MASN? He works for 106.7 too.

I like Phil Woods.

Boo Phil woods when you see him at the park

[mitlen]

Because he works for MASN? He works for 106.7 too.

I like Phil Woods.

Though I think he's a dual fan, I like Phil too.

[GburgNatsFan]

Maybe. But he grew up a DC fan, and does a pretty good job focusing solely on the Nats.

Though I think he's a dual fan, I like Phil too.

[mitlen]

Maybe. But he grew up a DC fan, and does a pretty good job focusing solely on the Nats.

I think he slipped to the dark side during the Oreos days.   But he's DC baseball through and through.  OT  ...  has anyone ever heard him discuss the MASN deal in depth on the Saturday show?

[Mr Clean]

I think he slipped to the dark side during the Oreos days.   But he's DC baseball through and through.  OT  ...  has anyone ever heard him discuss the MASN deal in depth on the Saturday show?

Never, apparently that's not allowed. It has been discussed on the weekday 5 PM show with Baltimore boy Tom Davis screaming for 5 minutes about how bad the Nats are behaving.

[mitlen]

Never, apparently that's not allowed. It has been discussed on the weekday 5 PM show with Baltimore boy Tom Davis screaming for 5 minutes about how bad the Nats are behaving.

I try to catch him every Saturday (though he's off professin' in Tennessee).    It would be interesting if one of us planted a question.   

[Mattionals]

I tend to believe what Svrluga writes. I heard somewhere that the Cespedes' offer was for 7 Million in his first year, then it got bigger after the opt out. Add that to the deferred money and now it really makes sense why the Nats have failed to sign guys.

Time to form a human blockade in front of Angelos methinks.

[whytev]

Worst nightmare: The O's get Harper with our money.

[Kevrock]

I tend to believe what Svrluga writes. I heard somewhere that the Cespedes' offer was for 7 Million in his first year, then it got bigger after the opt out. Add that to the deferred money and now it really makes sense why the Nats have failed to sign guys.

Time to form a human blockade in front of Angelos methinks.

I hope not, that would be a pathetic offer.

This crap needs to be resolved. Screwing up a team's competition window and ability to extend homegrown talent has enormous monetary consequences that extend for years.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

I don't know if this is possible, but I'd love to see MASN placed in receivership and enjoin the receiver from allowing either team to be paid while the dispute is ongoing.  That would give Angelos an incentive to bargain instead of stall and light a fire under the arbitration.

[wj73]

I don't know if this is possible, but I'd love to see MASN placed in receivership and enjoin the receiver from allowing either team to be paid while the dispute is ongoing.  That would give Angelos an incentive to bargain instead of stall and light a fire under the arbitration.

 

[HalfSmokes]

I don't know if this is possible, but I'd love to see MASN placed in receivership and enjoin the receiver from allowing either team to be paid while the dispute is ongoing.  That would give Angelos an incentive to bargain instead of stall and light a fire under the arbitration.

I'd like to see it get to the point where the interest (multiple years at this point) on the judgment is enough to bankrupt MASN

[Ray D]

I think he slipped to the dark side during the Oreos days.   

I'm not going to fault Wood for that.

  33 years without a team and he's a baseball man.  When my son came of age (baseball wise) I talked often about the Washington Senators and he had no idea what I was talking about and didn't care.  He became an Oriole fan. What was I supposed to do, tell him he couldn't root for the Orioles, rather, he had to wait for a Washington team?  In fact, I have to admit, for a short period of time I rooted for them, mostly for my son's sake (a VERY short period of time, then I came to my senses).   When the Nats came into existence, for one season (2005) he rooted for both teams, and after that (2006 and beyond) he's strictly a Nats fan and hates the Os as much as I do.

[mitlen]

I'm not going to fault Wood for that.

  33 years without a team and he's a baseball man.  When my son came of age (baseball wise) I talked often about the Washington Senators and he had no idea what I was talking about and didn't care.  He became an Oriole fan. What was I supposed to do, tell him he couldn't root for the Orioles, rather, he had to wait for a Washington team?  In fact, I have to admit, for a short period of time I rooted for them, mostly for my son's sake (a VERY short period of time, then I came to my senses).   When the Nats came into existence, for one season (2005) he rooted for both teams, and after that (2006 and beyond) he's strictly a Nats fan and hates the Os as much as I do.

That's not a bad thing for Wood.    I understand.    Hell, I went to Oreos games and pulled for them  ...   until Albert Belle.   I had been losing interest in them but Belle was the end.