Could Stephen Strasburg Spurn The Nats For Japan Or Independent League?

by Tom FornelliFiled under: Nationals, NL East, MLB Draft, MLB RumorsThe MLB amateur draft is tonight -- and you should totally join us for our live chat -- and there really isn't all that much drama in finding out who the first selection is going to be. If the Washington Nationals don't take San Diego State starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg with the first pick the entire baseball world will spin off of its axis and probably kill millions of people in the process. Or there will be a whole lot of "What Were The Nationals Thinking?" columns on Wednesday morning. Probably the latter, thought the former would be a bigger story.Anyway, the only real drama surrounding Strasburg and the Nats at this point is whether or not they'll be able to sign them. Scott Boras thinks that Strasburg is the greatest pitcher ever born unto the Earth since Jesus Christ was a young southpaw on the Nazareth Stars and deserves somewhere around $50 million without ever throwing a pit...