Author Topic: Do any free agents really want to go to the Nats? (Read 2529 times)

LoveAngelos · « **on:** November 25, 2017, 12:41:11 pm »

I read an article on Yu Darvish where he stated he really wanted to go to the Dodgers. I'm sure,well would bet anyway, there are a number of free agents who would really want to go to the Dodgers, Cubs(Harper) and other teams but is there really one who thinks all money things being equal he wants to land in DC?

I wonder that about any on the 4 local pro sports. I mean what player doesn't to play on a home field or in an arena which often sounds like the opposing teams home?......and many of those opposing team's fans were born and raised here..............fake Washingtonians

miller10 · « **Reply #1 on:** November 25, 2017, 12:42:34 pm »

The Caps took their arena back years ago and have no problem attracting free agents (or resigning them).

Slateman · « **Reply #2 on:** November 25, 2017, 12:49:01 pm »

Of course. They want to get paid a lot of money.

Optics · « **Reply #3 on:** November 25, 2017, 12:52:33 pm »

Players will go where the money is. Obviously certain big cities have a bit of an edge, I mean who wouldn't want to live in gorgeous LA year round? But it about the benjamins. I mean, we did sign guys like Max Scherzer, Daniel Murphy and Jayson Werth, or was I dreaming that?

varoadking · « **Reply #4 on:** November 25, 2017, 12:56:09 pm »

Quote from: Optics on November 25, 2017, 12:52:33 pm

Players will go where the money is. Obviously certain big cities have a bit of an edge, I mean who wouldn't want to live in gorgeous LA year round? But it about the benjamins. I mean, we did sign guys like Max Scherzer, Daniel Murphy and Jayson Werth, or was I dreaming that?

Murphy was an (fortunate) accident, as nobody else wanted him. Remember...Rizzo wanted Brandon Phillips...

HalfSmokes · « **Reply #5 on:** November 25, 2017, 12:59:13 pm »

Dc isn’t any different from the 25 other non-premier destinations

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #6 on:** November 25, 2017, 01:01:38 pm »

Scherzer wanted to come her when the Nats were in the right range of money. He did not fart around for extra elsewhere and he put up with the deferrals which made his contract less painful.

LoveAngelos · « **Reply #7 on:** November 25, 2017, 01:21:29 pm »

All money issues being equal though.

Harper could possibly make this a baseball town. It could become the franchise that Harper built. But free agency makes it impossible.
There would be no "1927" Yankees if free agency existed in those days. No gas house gang. Tinker and Evers and Chance would be on separate teams.

HalfSmokes · « **Reply #8 on:** November 25, 2017, 01:23:37 pm »

Players having a say in their own future is just terrible

LoveAngelos · « **Reply #9 on:** November 25, 2017, 01:30:59 pm »

Quote from: HalfSmokes on November 25, 2017, 01:23:37 pm

Players having a say in their own future is just terrible

It is terrible for the fans.

PowerBoater69 · « **Reply #10 on:** November 25, 2017, 01:43:02 pm »

Four out of six division wins will help a lot. Countering that is the uncertainty with the coaching staff and manager being replaced every couple years.

LoveAngelos · « **Reply #11 on:** November 25, 2017, 02:43:12 pm »

Yeah the man geriatric turnstile doesn't help.

UMDNats · « **Reply #12 on:** November 25, 2017, 04:44:35 pm »

Money talks.

Jayson Werth went from a World Series team to a team with no history, one good player and nothing going for it.

All because of money.

Count Walewski · « **Reply #13 on:** November 25, 2017, 05:06:16 pm »

Max Scherzer, Stephen Strasburg, Dan Murphy, Rafael Soriano, etc. all say hello.

To the extent that the Nationals have suffered setbacks in the Free Agent market, I think it's because of the deferred money thing and not because DC isn't an attractive place to play baseball.

Slateman · « **Reply #14 on:** November 25, 2017, 05:08:46 pm »

Quote from: Count Walewski on November 25, 2017, 05:06:16 pm

Max Scherzer, Stephen Strasburg, Dan Murphy, Rafael Soriano, etc. all say hello.

To the extent that the Nationals have suffered setbacks in the Free Agent market, I think it's because of the deferred money thing and not because DC isn't an attractive place to play baseball.

All but one was a massive overpay

Smithian · « **Reply #15 on:** November 25, 2017, 05:44:31 pm »

Quote from: Slateman on November 25, 2017, 05:08:46 pm

All but one was a massive overpay

Both Murphy and Scherzer will blow the top off their contract value by the times they expire. Strasburg probably will as well.

Slateman · « **Reply #16 on:** November 25, 2017, 05:47:31 pm »

Quote from: Smithian on November 25, 2017, 05:44:31 pm

Both Murphy and Scherzer will blow the top off their contract value by the times they expire. Strasburg probably will as well.

Murphy is the only one who wasn't. And that's because no one thought the World Series was for real.

Scherzer is always going to be an overpay. The postseason has confirmed this. You pay that kind of money, what you do in the postseason has far more importance than the regular season.

Stras has made it one season without missing starts due to injury. Strasburg will have massive health concerns his whole career.