ANALYSIS/OPINION:
The news that Stephen Strasburg had signed a record seven-year, $245 million contract to likely finish his career with the Washington Nationals had to feel a little bittersweet for local baseball fans.
On one hand, welcome back, Strasburg! On the other, goodbye Anthony Rendon.
If we are to take Nationals owner Mark Lerner at his word, the family has no plans to sign both Strasburg and Rendon, teammates on this year’s World Series championship team who became free agents after the last out of Game 7 in Houston.
Mind you, it’s not that the Lerners can’t sign both.