You wanted the best, you got... Out of Context Quote of the Week.
"But overall, yes Hollywood has finally fallen in love with the wang." (Torchslasher)
Baseball America's Aaron Fitt tweeted that Stephen Strasburg has signed (twitter.com) with the Nationals, four years, $15.67M at the deadline.
If I draft someone represented by Boras, do I even bother negotiating before deadline day? Dustin Ackley, also a Boras client, signed at the deadline as well (twitter.com), $9.5M in a major-league deal.
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A lot of GMs have said it's gonna be an expensive off season. As far as offensive players go, Soriano set the market with 17M per year. Juan Pierre, I can almost see. But Gary Mathews Jr? I am curious and anxious to see what Zito gets.