Young superstars stay with team?

[ellsburyforMVP]

Had an argument with a friend of mine.... He seems to think the nationals will be "contenders" for a long time having Harper and strasburg, I say they will both be with different teams once they are eligible for free agency...

 

Opinions?

[Dojji]

The Nats are in a market where they can usually afford to hold onto a few premium players. The days of all the best players bolting for FA seem long gone for now. Which is part of the reason why big market teams like Boston can no longer contend indefinitely.

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The Nats are in a market where they can usually afford to hold onto a few premium players. The days of all the best players bolting for FA seem long gone for now. Which is part of the reason why big market teams like Boston can no longer contend indefinitely.

 

Pretty much this.

 

If the Nationals follow the model of the Reds and treat Harper and Strasburg like the Reds did Votto, they should be able to keep them around.

[ellsburyforMVP]

Key word there is " few "..... With , I think , the horrible contract they gave werth, And the 100 million $ extension they gave Zimmerman can they afford to keep both Harper and strasburg? Which if they stay healthy and " on track " to their predicted stardom, I think both will be receiving huge raises the minute they are available and will prob be able to pick what team they want to go to.... I can actually see teams clearing up money the year before ( ala the NBA a couple yrs ago ) to just have a shot at one of these 2...

[SouthieFanatic]

Loyalty is lacking in sports, so I hope they do sign long-term eventually with the Nats. Even though it would be great having one of them

[Dojji]

Key word there is " few "..... With ' date=' I think , the horrible contract they gave werth, And the 100 million $ extension they gave Zimmerman can they afford to keep both Harper and strasburg? Which if they stay healthy and " on track " to their predicted stardom, I think both will be receiving huge raises the minute they are available and will prob be able to pick what team they want to go to.... I can actually see teams clearing up money the year before ( ala the NBA a couple yrs ago ) to just have a shot at one of these 2...[/quote']

 

I can also see the Nationals clearing whatever contracts it takes to hold onto those two.