Nationals, Chien-Ming Wang remain in contract discussions
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Posted at 04:27 PM ET, 11/02/2011
Nationals, Chien-Ming Wang remain in contract discussions
By Adam Kilgore
UPDATE, 7:10 p.m.: Chien-Ming Wang’s agent, Alan Nero, confirmed that
the Nationals have yet to reach a deal with Wang, but they are clearly
closing in on one. “I’m optimistic that we will come to agreement in
the next few days,” he said.
UPDATE, 6:45 p.m.: The Nationals are “progressing but not near a deal”
with Chien-Ming Wang, a Nationals official with knowledge of the
negotiations said this evening. Sports Illustrated reported the sides
have a deal in principle for one year, but the official said that is not
the case.
The bottom line, based on what Wang’s agent, Alan Nero, said, remains
the same. The Nationals and Wang seemed just about certain to strike a
deal sometime soon that will keep Wang with the Nationals.
ORIGINAL POST: The Nationals remain in contract talks with starting
pitcher Chien-Ming Wang, whose agent remains optimistic he will ultimately
sign with the Nationals.
The status of the talks between the Nationals and Wang are “the same,”
said Alan Nero, Wang’s agent. “We’re progressing slowly. There’s no
sense of urgency. We’re working on it. We’re confident we’ll get
something done.”
The Nationals’ window of negotiating exclusivity will expire at 12:01 a.m.
Thursday, at which point every team will be able offer Wang a contract.
With teams currently able to make limited contact with free agents, six
teams have inquired about Wang, Nero said. But Wang has insisted he wants
to repay the Nationals for their support as he rehabbed from right shoulder
surgery over the entirety of the 2010 season and for much of 2011.
“At this point, we’re in good-faith negotiations with the Nats,” Nero
said. “We’re confident that we’ll get it done. If something breaks down,
that’s another situation. We don’t anticipate that happening.”
Among their eight free agents, the Nationals appear most intent on
finalizing a deal with Wang. It’s key for them to finish the Wang deal
relatively soon. With Wang in the fold, the Nationals can move forward
in the offseason knowing they have six or seven capable starting pitchers*
for next season. It would allow them flexibility to trade a starter for
a center fielder, if they want to. And it would give them an idea how their
rotation would look if they pursue a free agent pitcher.
If the deal gets done, it sounds like it will come after the completion
of the Taiwan Series, in which Wang is playing for his native country
against a team of MLB players. The games began Tuesday and will continue
until Sunday.
“His focus is there,” Nero said. “We’ll take it day by day. At the
moment, things are progressing normally.”
The Nationals have paid Wang approximately $5.5 million over the past
two seasons on a pair of one-year contracts. After making his Nationals
debut at the end of July, Wang went 4-3 with 4.04 ERA over 11 starts.
As the season wore on, his sinker regained some of the sharp movement
that made it, Wang’s peak, one of the toughest pitches to hit in all
of baseball.
*I’m counting Stephen Strasburg, Jordan Zimmermann, John Lannan,
Ross Detwiler, Brad Peacock, Tom Milone and Wang. The Nationals also
control the rights to Tom Gorzelanny, who’s eligible for arbitration.
But considering he ended the year in the bullpen, it’s hard to envision
him fitting in the Nationals’ rotation plans.
By Adam Kilgore | 04:27 PM ET, 11/02/2011
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※ 引述《yyhong68 (come every now and then)》之銘言：
: Wang agrees to deal with Nationals
: By Jon Heyman, SI.com
: Chien-Ming Wang, has agreed in principal to a one-year contract with the
: Washington Nationals, SI.com has learned.
: The right-hander, who spent the better part of two years recovering from
: shoulder surgery, made 11 starts for the Nationals last season, going 4-3
: with a 4.04 ERA, 25 strikeouts and 13 walks.
: Wang is currently in Taiwan, pitching for the Chinese Taipei national team.
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