bearrock Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 4 minutes ago, mammajamma said: From what i've read, Boras won't let Soto even look at a contract until his last year And Boras will tell Soto to keep looking the other way until FA begins unless Nats offer a contract so clearly above market value with no deferral that it's stupid not to sign. Only way Soto resigns is if he offers a hometown discount or if Nats overpay. It is what it is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, bearrock said: And Boras will tell Soto to keep looking the other way until FA begins unless Nats offer a contract so clearly above market value with no deferral that it's stupid not to sign. Only way Soto resigns is if he offers a hometown discount or if Nats overpay. It is what it is. I didn't know Boras was Soto's agent. That sucks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 I don’t know much behind baseball but it looks to me like we have up 2 of our top 5 players for peanuts and guys who may not ever even make the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sinister Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Hello darkness my old friend 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoVaSkins21 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 (edited) Here's hoping that Chase and the WFT, along with Ovie and the Caps can keep it going because the Nats and the Wizards are going to be on the also-rans status for a bit. Edited July 30, 2021 by SAli457180 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mammajamma Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 1 minute ago, Springfield said: I don’t know much behind baseball but it looks to me like we have up 2 of our top 5 players for peanuts and guys who may not ever even make the team. We got a few guys that are projected to be some of the best players in baseball over the next decade for 2 older guys that we probably were going to lose in free agency for nothing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Just now, mammajamma said: We got a few guys that are projected to be some of the best players in baseball over the next decade for 2 older guys that we probably were going to lose in free agency for nothing How soon? I’m all for youth, but when I hear “best players in baseball” I don’t expect projects that are going from one farm system to another for a couple seasons first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 It's as much about our farm system as it is $$. We dealt away sooooooo many prospects since '12 trying to break through in the playoffs. Finally worked out in '19, but our minor leagues are bare bones. No organizational depth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 34 minutes ago, CRobi21 said: This is the same bill of lies we were fed when they refused to sign Harper and then Rendon. Meanwhile the Dodgers have no issues. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 It is amazing how much top tier Nationals talent is now playing for other more wealthy organizations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mammajamma Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, Springfield said: How soon? I’m all for youth, but when I hear “best players in baseball” I don’t expect projects that are going from one farm system to another for a couple seasons first. That's a good question, but these guys seem a lot closer than anybody else we have in our system. It also saves a ton of money for Soto, and we can always try for other rentals sooner if we think we're decent enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander -JB- Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, PleaseBlitz said: This is the same bill of lies we were fed when they refused to sign Harper and then Rendon. Meanwhile the Dodgers have no issues. First of all we aren’t in the Dodgers tax bracket. It ain’t even close. Second, we won a WS AFTER letting Harper walk & Rendon has been a bust so far with the Angels. ****, so has Strasburg for us. It works both ways with these massive contracts and to me MOST of the time it doesn’t lead to winning rings just because you’re willing to way overpay for your guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ball Security Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Just checking in, we’re keeping Sam Clay, right? Dude is legit. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, -JB- said: First of all we aren’t in the Dodgers tax bracket. It ain’t even close. Second, we won a WS AFTER letting Harper walk & Rendon has been a bust so far with the Angels. ****, so has Strasburg for us. It works both ways with these massive contracts and to me MOST of the time it doesn’t lead to winning rings just because you’re willing to way overpay for your guys. Same excuses I hear for Snyder. The Lerners are billionaires. Repeat. Billionaires. If they wanted to be competitive with the Dodgers, they could. They choose not to. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mammajamma Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Thing I'm most mad at is I was so ready to root for Max on the Padres. That would've been such a fun team. Now both him and Trea are dead to me 2 minutes ago, Ball Security said: Just checking in, we’re keeping Sam Clay, right? Dude is legit. That guy for sure has dirt on Davey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearrock Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, Ball Security said: Just checking in, we’re keeping Sam Clay, right? Dude is legit. Still waiting for Angels to come to their senses and stop trying to lowball us. Shohei and Mike or gtfo. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCSaints_fan Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 2 hours ago, RichmondRedskin88 said: Like can the Dodgers and Yankees please just fall into a wormhole in another universe? I’m so sick of them. It is kinda entertaining seeing the Yanks continually come up short in October, but I get your point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 17 minutes ago, PleaseBlitz said: Same excuses I hear for Snyder. The Lerners are billionaires. Repeat. Billionaires. If they wanted to be competitive with the Dodgers, they could. They choose not to. Spending boatloads of money doesn't guarantee anything. The Dodgers win because they have a top notch FO and have some of the best analytics people in the business, and then amplify that with their spending, but they were pretty bad for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearrock Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 1 minute ago, Warhead36 said: Spending boatloads of money doesn't guarantee anything. The Dodgers win because they have a top notch FO and have some of the best analytics people in the business, and then amplify that with their spending, but they were pretty bad for a while. Spending doesn't guarantee winning. But it becomes extremely hard to win in baseball without spending. Saying that it's too expensive to keep one of the best shortstops in the league because of you have to pay two other marquee pitchers and hopefully pay a generational talent is BS of the highest order. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mammajamma Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Cant wait to see SD beat LA in the wildcard game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 10 minutes ago, Warhead36 said: Spending boatloads of money doesn't guarantee anything. The Dodgers win because they have a top notch FO and have some of the best analytics people in the business, and then amplify that with their spending, but they were pretty bad for a while. Yep, doesn’t guarantee anything. Just makes it WAY more likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 (edited) Thanks for June Schwarbs! Edited July 30, 2021 by CRobi21 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 This is bull****. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 We're getting massacred 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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