Well, just when Mike Rizzo goes out of his way on his Wednesday afternoon media tour to convince the world of how comfortable he is going into 2012 with Adam LaRoche as his starting first baseman (way to use the media to help your negotiation position, Mike!), and Thomas Boswell convinces himself the Nats are better off NOT locking up Prince in Thursday's Washington Post (not a good fit!?)...an anonymous Nats player tells CBS Sports' Jon Heyman that the Nats are still very much in the running for the big lug:
So who was this mystery Nat? Maybe Gio Gonzalez is at it again? But would the Nats be willing to go longer than 3, 4 years for Fielder? A person who is usually right more than he is wrong about these things told us this evening that the Nats are "in" but not "all in"; Rizzo doesn't want to go long term on Prince. We're not sure how to define "long term" in this case.
So, Scott Boras: why no deal for Fielder yet? Nothing to do with the delusional idea of Fielder getting a Pujols deal, right?
"It takes a bit longer because these are ownership decisions," Boras said. "I’ve got to sit down with owners. There are a lot of them interested in Prince. That’s time-consuming. Respectfully, you have to sit down and meet with these people. You’ve got to go through the process."
(via Ken Rosenthal/FoxSports.com, 12/28/2011)
Hmm...Maybe Boras bypasses Rizzo altogether, and is on his way to Washington as we speak for a chat with Ted Lerner before New Year's Eve? It's not like Boras hasn't done it before.
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Yes, Mike Rizzo is comfortable moving forward with Adam LaRoche. He didn't tell a lie there.
Now think of Mike Rizzo as Ted Lerner's kid and goes to his Dad and says "I really want a new and improved 1st baseman that came available". His Dad says "Son, you already have a 1st baseman I got you last year". Son says "Come on Dad, this is the best one out there and there is only one of him". Dad says, "Well, how much will this one cost me"? Kid says "Only 3 times what the other one cost"! Dad starts choking on his cereal.... Then the son calls the salesman who we shall call Bora$ and asks him to call his father and convince him.
Posted by: Michael L.G. | December 30, 2011 at 08:41 AM
I like the way Gio has already changed his Twitter background to Nationals Park -- I think he's going to be a positive addition to the team.
Posted by: DCGirl | December 30, 2011 at 01:55 PM
Hate to say we told you so:
"Hmm...Maybe Boras bypasses Rizzo altogether, and is on his way to Washington as we speak for a chat with Ted Lerner before New Year's Eve? It's not like Boras hasn't done it before."
but: Boras/Prince in DC area for meeting with a team owner not named Angelos, reports Baltimore Sun.
Posted by: The Nats Enquirer | December 30, 2011 at 11:25 PM