Nationals to sign Matt Wieters

[SteveA]

4 minutes ago, Babypowder said:

2/21M, 10 in '17, 11 if he returns in '18.

Gotta hand it to Boras, he probably told Matt from the start he could get this type of money and it didn't seem likely as time went by and most teams had a starting C.  But he got it.

[sportsfan8703]

1 hour ago, Frobby said:

I think Wieters is the better player, but Dan wasn't going to wait until February to have a starting catcher, and Boras wasn't going to have Wieters sign this kind of deal in December.    I can't blame Dan for moving on.

Exactly. We couldn't risk entering the season with only Joseph, Pena and a rushed Sisco. Plus hopefully we only need a one year commitment because Sisco is close. 

I'm sure MW had similar and better offers from the orioles. Boras and MW were willing to gamble and DD wasn't. 

[clapdiddy]

I wish Matt well.   He will always be an Oriole in my book...just like Nick.

 

 

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Gotta hand it to Boras, he probably told Matt from the start he could get this type of money and it didn't seem likely as time went by and most teams had a starting C.  But he got it.

Not exactly big money.

Cameron had him at 2/28 and the crowdsourcing had him at 3/36 and 3/40.

[weams]

17 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Exactly. We couldn't risk entering the season with only Joseph, Pena and a rushed Sisco. Plus hopefully we only need a one year commitment because Sisco is close. 

I'm sure MW had similar and better offers from the orioles. Boras and MW were willing to gamble and DD wasn't. 

  The Orioles made a two year commitment as well

[weams]

Just now, weams said:

  The Orioles made a two year commitment as well

Just for less money 

[weams]

 

[Tony-OH]

So the Orioles basically got Wieters for 5 million less this year and 7 million less over two years in Castillo. 

Wieters might be the slightly better player overall, but Duquette couldn't wait until late February to see if he had a catcher or not.

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, dan-O said:

Yeah, I think after the Boras fiasco last season, Dan had no intention of playing that game this season. 

The Davis contract?

[Rene88]

As the board's only Nats fan, I am happy. I much rather have a closer though:)

 

It will be interesting to see how the Nats staff does this year with all the criticisms of his pitch framing (I do tend to agree MW is overrated by many locally but evidently not nationally).

 

[Rene88]

4 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

The Davis contract?

Most understand that wasn't DD.

[Just Regular]

Admit psychobabble mode is on, but another soft factor making Beef a better 2017-18 fit is that if we are fortunate enough for Sisco to develop into a reasonable #1 catcher in the next 14 months, it will be less of a thing.

 

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, Rene88 said:

Most understand that wasn't DD.

Most understand that was a joke. 

[Just Regular]

Monday/Tuesday May 8-9 is a pretty sweet Wieters homecoming fit, we should beat a normal weeknight before school is out crowd handily.

[El Gordo]

Agree if he had a different agent he'd be an Oriole.