BEEF brewing between Nationals & Stephen Strasburg 

Should not sign a player that the insurance company refuse to insurance. Nats dumb and got fleeced by BorASS

AJ always looks at the camera at the perfect time. Keep up the good work guys, easily my favorite baseball show.

And here is why NO TEAM will touch Snell with a long-term contract. Or some of these other FAs.

bruh on mlb shop there legit selling strasburgs jersey for $174 full price 😂😂😂😂

Stephen Strasburg doing a Ben Simmons

It's kinda hard for us as fans to feel for Strasburg. Like give me a break. All he has to do is show up at camp, eat free food and use the facilities to help rehab your injury. He could look at it as he was and is such a legacy part of the franchise that the Nats are willing to give up a roster position just to have his presence in spring training. Since free agency players have become so spoiled that they can't even do the minimum to collect their 35million a year. Where as the average fan is hustling harder than ever before just to afford to go see their team once or twice a year with prices going through the roof. I don't see him getting any support or pity from any of us fans and rightly so.

He’s getting paid a crazy amount of money to not play. The least he could do is just show up if that’s what the nats want

Your getting paid 30 million just go to spring training and be there for your team. People out here would die to be a part of a MLB team

Why doesn't strasburg retire if he can't pitch anymore? Because he wants the money and all the employer wants is the employee to come do anything for all that money.

Nobody put a gun to the heads of the Lerners to give Stras this contract. They knew what they were getting into when they couldn't get an insurance on the contract. This is a huge red flag to potential FAs as long as the Lerners own the team. This is extremely petty.

I think they want him to defer some of the money in this deal to ease his burden on the payroll. It's not like they're asking him to take less money. If he doesn't want to do that, then yeah show up to ST and if you don't you're in breach of contract. He wants to take all of the money now, then you have to fulfill team duties. Catch the relievers in the bullpen, do something, you're not going to just sit at home if you don't want to work with the team and come to a compromise.

He’s shy bc he’s busy counting his millions

I can see having Strasburg show up for ST to take a physical to verify his disability just as a procedural move. Maybe stay a weekend and offer advice to the rest of the pitchers, and maybe do a handful of ambassador events during the season. But he doesn't need to be around the team full-time. He'd just be in the way...

This is a very player-friendly pod, so the general attitude here doesn't surprise me Who was it that got the ball rolling on retiring? Stephen strasburg? Exactly what did he think "retiring" meant? I'd have to assume the team knew exactly. At the last minute, when they brought the papers to release him from his contract. Strasbourg starts saying "woah woah, what's this?"

Someone help me. Did prince fielder retire after the neck surgeries, or was his contract deferred?

I'm shocked at the way you guys are talking about him being hurt. He's not confined to hospital bed. T-H-I-R-T-Y MILLION DOLLARS. He can't figure out how to help his team! That's disgusting 😤 Shame on him!

All the team wants is for its employee to show up. THATS IT. No one's asking Stratsburg to throw anything including a baseball. All they want him to do is show up smile take some pictures sign some autographs for one month and then collect 27 million. I DON'T THINK THAT'S THAT MUCH TO ASK FOR. LOOK WHAT US REGULAR PEOPLE DO FOR A LOT LESS

Any updates on this story???

The guy needs to just show up and go through the routine. Bring the kids, go to your fifth home as I am sure he has many, and call it a nice vacation.

If he retires they shouldn’t have to pay him the remaining salary.

Credit to the Mets. All star line up today and the best so far this spring

Dude wants his $30 million but showing up to Spring Training is some kind of burden to him? GTFO. If Strasburg doesn't want to be in camp he can officially retire, forfeit his guaranteed contract, and then go do whatever he wants to do. Until then he needs to follow the orders of his employer.

Wow didn’t that man help the Nats win a ring a few years ago?

If you're Stassburg, why wouldn't he want to show up and be a part of the team? Give something back to the club and the game?

I love baseball. Played baseball. Watch it closely. I umpire. But I’ve had enough of these athletes. F it. Yea the team screwed up, whatever. But these athletes are so out of touch in the real world that nobody can relate to the stupidity of refusing to show up just to be with the team after your being paid *millions* Bullshit.

just let it go. it was a bad deal. move on to the next great Nats team!!

Some of these players don't understand the team paid him Alot of money to put butts in seats. I would expect him to Sign autographs for an hour or 2 for 81 home games! If he doesn't want to then settle!

A different man would ask is there anything else i can do besides pitching to earn my money even if not required.

What is the big fucking deal, it's spring training. Its' literally a month and a half of your time for 33 million dollars. All you have to do is stand there. It's not like you're doing actual physical work.

Hopefully we can get out of the contract so that we can use that money on a player that can actually play 🤘

He should definitely do pretty much anything they ask. They want him to be the fucking mascot. Show up. 35 million a year to do nothing. Talk about the owner. He’s a pos for taking that money for nothing.

Srsly how hard is it to show up? WTF else is he doing. Baby.

If he’s still getting a paycheck he should help mentor his teammates. Shows poor character if he’s not willing to help

So is he going to get paid if he doesn’t show up for spring training

I mean fine if he wants to get in a passing match with the org that made his career…. Then they should erase him from their history books. It’s not like he’s going to the Hall…. That is his legacy.

They can fine him if he doesn't show up.

new thumbs FTW

He should want to be there for his team that was there for him at his lowest point career wise. I get it. That said,it should not be forced or coerced out of him either. It would be meaningless at best. Unwanted at worse.

He should be at spring training…they’re paying him ffs

I wish Anthony Rendone would have stayed with the Nats lol

I understand it's not hard for him to show up but the Nats shouldn't want him there

Good luck trying to convince the common people watching this video that it's unfair to expect someone to show up to sunny beautiful spring training to earn his 30 million.

Sorry but SP’s should get paid but I would never go past a 3 year deal! These 5/7 year deals for them are ridiculous. The yanks offer to Snell 5/150 is about as long for a SP… he rejected it! 3/95 or 2/65 would be my offer as a GM! Strasburg made me change my thinking! TJ effectively takes 2 seasons away from a pitcher and it is what it is!

What a surprise, a former player is being pro player 😂

Cheap organization, just pay him and move on.

Maybe they wouldn't have owed him so much if they didn't defer his money 🤷‍♂️

Strasburg is unprofessional, what a hack....This is why the general public can't stand any of these players

Getting paid that much money.. He can show up for a few days a year…. Hell, I go to ST for 1/30th of that amount every year.

All good points, but Nats are his employer still and paying him. Soooo as far as I'm concerned, yes Stas should at least show up.

Washington nationals need paid him off and stop lies to guy. Washington nationals guarantee contract stop lies Stephen Strasbourg . Show Washington Nationals is joke. 😅😅😅😅😅

Mr. Strausberg should be forced to travel with the team all year. I am so tired of players stealing money.

What is he supposed to do???

He wasn’t shy when he signed the contract, show up and help the younger guys…grow up Strasburg

He should show up there blitzed and just phaq around and do interviews. Go to tatty bars at night.

To me this just shows how out of touch players have become with us average working fans. SS got a huge contract, multi-generational wealth, and then was quickly injured. That’s not anyone’s fault. But to then not want to do anything for the club is weird and a bad look. Even if you are an introvert, you can still make the effort to be a positive influence for your organization by being partly accessible to coaches, players, and fans. I understand there seems to be bad blood between SS and ownership now, but I don’t think it would be hard to be the bigger person, spend a little time in Florida and show you still care about the organization that gave you money that most people cannot even dream of. Also, I can’t help but recall his college coach was the great Tony Gwynn - has there ever been a player who showed more care and love for his team and city while playing for comparatively little money?

WTF seriously? Problem to show up to play ball for a month to collect his 105m owed. Get a real job boys and try to identify with the majority of the real world

This is a lesson that t he owners need to learn about signing any BorAss player.

Both sides are petty but who cares millionaire's fighting with billionaires lol

petty

This is ridiculous and petty for sure.

What's wrong with the team wanting Stras to be around the team?? What is he getting paid for? I understand he is owed that money (which is bs - players who retire should be giving up the rest of the contract IMHO). He's already made hundreds of millions of dollars which he sacrificed his body for. And now he's making more money - does he not want to be part of the game and the organization? Stras is probably the second-greatest Nationals of all time (behind Zimmerman). Like Todd said, come hang out with the team and mentor young pitchers and sign autographs for fans. How hard is that? He's tarnishing his legacy and a chance of getting a statue many years down the road by being stubborn antisocial prick not wanting to show up for work he is being paid for.

I’ve never sided with owners but this is female activities by Stephen

Dan Snyder had the right idea with the spoiled milk for the Lerners. 2019 will be always be special, the Lerners backed the wrong horse with the long term contract and now have to pay up.

If he no show's they will say breach of contact we don't have to pay 😡

This man got the world series win for the nats in 2019 and the nats made way more than what his contact is worth off that. I honestly wish this shitty ownership would hurry up and sell so we can get better owners that actually value our legacy players.

He’s getting paid a ridiculous amount of Money and hasn’t pitched. He’s an employee. He should be doing what they ask of him

“You have to be a special kind of guy to show up when you’re miserable and say ‘hey guys I’m here to help out!’” …really? How out of touch are you? That’s literally me at my job every frickin’ day of every frickin’ week, every frickin year. I don’t get what the big deal is. He’ll yeah I’d take 30 mil to go and be the Nats cheerleader sign me up!

The Nats being stupid again, firs they fumbled soto now theyre being stupid about strasburg