The Strasburg Watch: Day 12

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by Redskins_P

15.67 Million for 4 years. The Lerners did well. Finally.

If it was only 4 or 5 million separating a deal and a standoff, the Lerners needed to go ahead and just cave and pay. The fallout for not signing him would have been much worse than just coughing up the few extra mil.

I'm not going to tip my hat to the Lerners for doing what was absolutely mandatory for the Nationals organization.

[GMScud]

If it's 4 years, I think it's more than $15.67M. ESPN's bottom line just said that the deal has a signing bonus of at least $15M. That being the case, I think the total contract value would have to be larger than the $15.67 reported.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by GMScud

If it's 4 years, I think it's more than $15.67M. ESPN's bottom line just said that the deal has a signing bonus of at least $15M. That being the case, I think the total contract value would have to be larger than the $15.67 reported.

I thought his bonus was like 7 mil. That's what I saw on ESPNEWS. Either way gj Nats for not f'ing this up and costing us what should be one of our main centerpieces for god knows how long.