For both Rendon and Strasburg, doesn’t it make sense for both of them to go meet with other teams and then come back to the Nats with their best offer? If they have made it to free agency, what sense does it make for Rizzo to talk to them now? Are they learning more about the team?
If I’m considering offers for a new job, I wouldn’t negotiate with my current employer until I got all my other offers and established what I was worth.