World Series MVP Stephen Strasburg will opt-out of his contract with the Washington Nationals, according to a report from ESPN’s Jeff Passan. He is set to become a free agent, assuming the Nationals and Strasburg do not come to an agreement for a more lucrative extension in the coming days. If that isn’t the case, the Phillies will surely be in the mix to ink the former number one overall pick.
When Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo and the Boras Corporation began finalizing Strasburg’s seven-year, 175 million-dollar contract in May 2016, the two sides could have never anticipated that the predetermined deadline of Nov 2 at 12 p.