And the new Nat's closer is... Strasburg!!!

by 5150bosox on May 31, 2009 12:20 PM EDT

First, I think Strasburg will play with the National's THIS YEAR, as their much needed CLOSER! What a great way to give him some experience and still limit his innings.

Second, The National have just as much leverage as borass or more, because if Strasburg doesn't sign, what's he going to do... go back to college or an independant league and risk injury? Don't think so! Not to mention, that borass likes to get his clients to free agency as soon as possible and if he doesn't sign, he will have wasted a year. All the big money talk is a smokescreen. Strasburg will sign by the August 15th deadline and will be in the majors by September first as the new Nationals CLOSER!!!

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Then we can hear all the yahoos tell us how he should be a closer because he is so dominating as a reliever!

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by faketeams on Jun 1, 2009 9:14 AM EDT reply actions

it would be a huge PR nightmare for the Nats not to sign Strasburg. There’s plenty of pressure on both sides to get a deal done.

Anyway, if they were in a pennant race, only then, might they consider using Strasburg in the majors. But they won’t be. Smart money says they shut him down after signing him, which will likely be right before the deadline.

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