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The World Series Washington Nationals vs Houston Astros
alta:
The Nats had better resign Antony, this team needs him on many levels, and so happy Zimm gets a ring, it's a nice reward for wanting to stay here all this time
richkrt99:
--- Quote from: alta on Thursday October 31, 2019, 10:35:10 AM Eastern ---The Nats had better resign Antony, this team needs him on many levels, and so happy Zimm gets a ring, it's a nice reward for wanting to stay here all this time
--- End quote ---
Amen, and Amen.
Although, I suspect Rendon gets paid elsewhere. I hope not, but that's my suspicion - hopefully the two sides have just been waiting for the offseason, but all along this year they both have been kind of standoffish about it.
What was that craziness the talking heads were spewing about Strasburg opting out of the last four years of contract for $100 mil or something? I saw them bring it up at/toward the end last night, but didn't know what the heck they were talking about or get the details.
Why would either party want to opt out of the contract? Like Stras could opt out and maybe get paid more elsewhere? Hoping this year's TEAM success will dictate that not transpiring.
richkrt99:
So you want to hear the deal of the century?
Jaun Soto made $578,300 this year and the team (NATS) control his salary the next two seasons. (The league minimum is $555,000)
Thinking....someone might have to negotiate a new deal in the coming years.
alta:
Soto signed a rookie contract, the money he is making is normal for someone in the league for their first 3-4 years. Stras's contract has an opt out clause for him that came to term at the end of this season, he has three days to do so, I highly suspect he won't. Rendon has said in the past he doesn't do contract talks during the season, so I'm not too concerned about that part. My concern is he has the same asshole agent that Harper has. But Rendon seems to be a bit more realistic about life than Harp.
If Stras stays in DC he will be making the same money as Harp
richkrt99:
Yeah, I never heard the opt out stuff about Stras until the other night, and just thought it an odd time to bring it up. To me, the team really seems like it gelled as a team and the parts worked together really well, so with the money he is making (and I honestly had not realized it was as much as it is) I can't realistically foresee Strasburg leaving the Nats in the near future (unless he really wants to go back to the west coast or for family reasons and whatnot). He did comment that he loves this team and he would do ANYTHING for these guys, so if that is at least partly genuine, I really don't expect anything to come of that silly talk.
Rendon though....I just don't know. I mean he really never talks so that doesn't bother me, but if left to his agent, I sometimes wonder if MONEY MONEY MONEY is all the agent (especially this one) is concerned with.
I mean the money is great, but at $200 mil or $300 mil, whats the freakin difference? (yeah, yeah, 100M) But if you are Rendon, you KNOW you are making bank anywhere, but your happiness and career success has to be worth something. I mean...do you think Harper is "happy" in fucking Filthy?
The grass aint ALWAYS greener. I mean, you got to go for what you can go for, but at the figures we are talking about....I think you don't have to worry about making a living, so why not enjoy it.
My concern is Rendon just would rather be elsewhere (like Houston). I just hope the bonding and success that came with this years team leads to some hard thinking on his part.
The good news is the Nats got plenty of cap space so there is no real concern there. They certainly are going to have to spend some money on some quality relief pitching, but I would love to see them land Rendon
WAY TO GO NATS!
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