Swaim on twitter: Nationals to sign Prince Fielder to 8 year deal?

[solarkkg]

Amen-I love me some JTrea. I hope he sticks around too.

I love JTrea too. I gave him some flack here and there but I was always on board with his enthusiasm.

[Slappy]

Big swing by the Nats. If it gets them a title, it's worth every penny, and that team looks ready to compete.

[Birds of B'more]

This is what I want to know. I hope JT sticks around, because he takes a lot of abuse and doesn't retaliate, but I know his heart is in the right place.

Gotta admire it. He's a glutton for punishment, both from the board and from the Orioles, but doesn't waver.

[My O's Face]

Gotta admire it. He's a glutton for punishment' date=' both from the board and from the Orioles, but doesn't waver.[/quote']

I don't know he puts up with it. I sure couldn't.

[OsAreSick]

Me too. I hope he retires and becomes the Food Network's Next Iron Chef.

Wouldn't he be on fat chef?

[billyripken03]

Well, I thought caffeine was the best to keep me up late nights while grading student papers. I guess Fielder rumors trump caffeine.

[crissfan172]

Here's a tweet from Bowden:

The Nationals continue to work on a deal for Prince Fielder...BUT THERE IS NO DEAL repeat NO DEAL as of tonight according to sources

I never trust him, but he's a hell of a lot more credible than Swaim.

[BrunoCherrytown]

It's taking so long because Angelos had to get involved to seal up the follow up 3 year deal for Prince that begins when the Nats contract ends when he's 35 years old.

Angelos sees how serious the Nats are and since he hadnt heard of Fielder until tonight, he wants to get a head start on signing him when he's age appropriate for the O's.

[Moose Milligan]

The Orioles have yet to make the WOW offer! We've got Prince right where we want him!

JTrea! StrawDog....er....Maybe2050....er....MSK....er, uh, ....BilboBaggins....uh, whatever! To the Batmobile!

[Brendan25]

Call me crazy, but if the Nats get Fielder I actually kind of like their team. The top 3 in this rotation is a bit underrated. I think Strasburg comes back healthy and dominant. Gio will most likely be the #2 on this team and I think he'll do well in the NL East. Jordan Zimmerman as your #3? I'll take that if he doesn't take five steps back. Add in a lineup that includes Prince, Zimmerman, Werth (he'll play better) and you have yourself a playoff contender. Would suck for the Orioles, even though we don't want to give him 8 years.

[Moose Milligan]

Call me crazy, but if the Nats get Fielder I actually kind of like their team. The top 3 in this rotation is a bit underrated. I think Strasburg comes back healthy and dominant. Gio will most likely be the #2 on this team and I think he'll do well in the NL East. Jordan Zimmerman as your #3? I'll take that if he doesn't take five steps back. Add in a lineup that includes Prince, Zimmerman, Werth (he'll play better) and you have yourself a playoff contender. Would suck for the Orioles, even though we don't want to give him 8 years.

Curious to see if Morse can perform as well. And rumors are that Harper can make the team out of ST.

They're infinitely more interesting than our pathetic team thats for sure.

[blid]

Hm, this report has to be false by this point. I guess they may have been close to a deal and possibly even getting closer still, but no one else confirming, nine hours later.

[clapdiddy]

Curious to see if Morse can perform as well. And rumors are that Harper can make the team out of ST.

They're infinitely more interesting than our pathetic team thats for sure.

They could definitely make some noise in the NL East this season. I would definitely expect them to be in a position to make a run for the playoffs this season.

[BrunoCherrytown]

Call me crazy, but if the Nats get Fielder I actually kind of like their team. The top 3 in this rotation is a bit underrated. I think Strasburg comes back healthy and dominant. Gio will most likely be the #2 on this team and I think he'll do well in the NL East. Jordan Zimmerman as your #3? I'll take that if he doesn't take five steps back. Add in a lineup that includes Prince, Zimmerman, Werth (he'll play better) and you have yourself a playoff contender. Would suck for the Orioles, even though we don't want to give him 8 years.

It sucks giving him 8, but if they land him they are showing everyone that winning comes first. They targeted Werth last year knowing he wasn't the final piece. But that didn't stop them.

This year they go after Prince.

They understand you don't need some perfect storm year before you can add those "final pieces." O's fans have been sold this bs routine that all the stars have to align perfectly before we can add legit players to get better. It seems getting incrementally better with legit talent through the free agent market is just blasphemy to the O's. It's why Johnny Damon will be an Oriole before too long. He's old and cheap. Because the stars didnt align perfectly for the O's to sign premium talent.

But for the very minority owner of MASN their tv rights allows them to sign real ball players. But the O's are just poverty stricken.

We'll find that out shortly again when the Marlins, Cubs or whoever else signs Cespedes shortly after the Fielder ordeal ends. And then we'll start it all over again next year. And the year after.

[UMDTerrapins]

Hm, this report has to be false by this point. I guess they may have been close to a deal and possibly even getting closer still, but no one else confirming, nine hours later.

Sounds like a Boras-like tactic to signal to other teams that time is waning. I don't doubt that the Nats have made a serious offer, but Boras will make sure everyone has their opportunity to make one last, best offer. I just hope that doesn't give anyone here hope that the O's might jump in. Hopefully this can all be over soon.