Suitor #3: Washington Nationals
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Stephen Strasburg helped deliver the city of Washington D.C. its first World Series championship in franchise history. He was shut down in 2012 in the postseason, which was highly criticized because it was arguably the best team the Nats fans had seen as of that point in time.
But GM Mike Rizzo didn’t let him pitch because he cared too much about his future and his health to jeopardize it so early in his career.
And I think Stephen Strasburg will remember that, so he knows that the Nationals have his full trust, and I think that could go along way.
He is obviously comfortable in a Nationals uniform, and he has made a family there.
I do think that Anthony Rendon will be the Nats’ biggest priority and rightfully so, as he is the one plays every day instead of once every fifth day, but in the case that they don’t re-sign Rendon, Strasburg could be able to get somewhere around $180 million.
As I mentioned earlier, I don’t think that Stephen Strasburg is one of those guys that will go to the team that offers him the most money.
He is already set for life and he is going to want to go to the team where he fits the best and the team that really wants to embrace him and he already has a team that does that in the Washington Nationals.