The Nationals owner chided the media for reporting on a press conference that was never scheduled:

Owner Mark Lerner released a rare statement Friday to respond to a variety of reports about a news conference, which was being planned for Saturday but never announced by the team.

“While we have been following the process required by the collective bargaining agreement, behind-the-scenes preparations for a press conference had begun internally,” Lerner said in a statement. “However, no such event was ever confirmed by the team or promoted publicly.”

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“It is regrettable that private discussions have been made public through anonymous sources attempting to negotiate through the media,” Lerner said.

ESPN.com

I thought something might be up when I was hearing that Strasburg was not giving up his salary. Retirement basically means canceling the deal, which is what happened with Alex Rodriguez. So until the salary is settled, we won’t be hearing anything official.