Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig characterized the Nationals' signing of pitcher Stephen Strasburg as "fair," though he appeared to do so grudgingly and acknowledged management's intention to pursue a hard "slotting" system for draftees in the next round of collective bargaining in 2011.
Washington Post
Bud Selig must have woke Tuesday morning with a bit of a hangover. With the 2009 MLB First-Year Player Draft signing deadline completed at one-minute past midnight, the Nationals had Stephen Strasburg under contract – no easy feat when he was represented by Scott Boras. But, beyond getting Strasburg under contract, it is a deal that, while a record, did not so alter the landscape of the draft signing process as to make one say it needs to be blown up. As quoted in today’s edition of The Washington Times (Strasburg deal doesn't break bank for Nats):
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