Nationals, World Series MVP Stephen Strasburg agree to record seven-year, $245M contract
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The defending World Series champs and the game’s biggest agent have kicked off the winter meetings with a bang. The Nationals have reached agreement on a new contract with star righty Stephen Strasburg, Jon Heyman of MLB Network tweets. It’s a stunning seNationals, World Series MVP Stephen Strasburg agree to record seven-year, $245M contract
The defending World Series champs and the game’s biggest agent have kicked off the winter meetings with a bang. The Nationals have reached agreement on a new contract with star righty Stephen Strasburg, Jon Heyman of MLB Network tweets. It’s a stunning seven-year deal that guarantees the Scott Boras client a whopping $245M, per Jeff Passan of ESPN.com (via Twitter). If there was ever any doubt as to the stability of the relationship between the Nats and the player once hailed as a franchise savior, this contract resolves it. There’s a full no-trade clause, MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand tweets. The contract does not come with options or opt-outs, per Tim Brown of Yahoo (via Twitter). About $80M of the money is deferred, Bob Nightengale of USA Today adds on Twitter, but the Nationals will include interest, per Jared Diamond of the Wall Street Journal (Twitter link). We had come to expect a record-setting pitching deal this winter but not from Strasburg. Top-of-the-market ace Gerrit Cole had long figured to top David Read more