The Baseball Winter Meetings are going on right now in San Diego and free agent pitcher Stephen Strasburg has started them off with a bang, signing a seven-year, $245 million contract to remain with the Nationals.
Strasburg, 31, went 18-6 last year and helped the Nationals win the World Series. This is a record-breaking deal, surpassing the previous free agent pitcher high of David Price, who got seven years and $217 million from the Red Sox.
Strasburg’s $245 million is the 9th largest guarantee ever for a player, between three ill-fated contracts: The $248M of Miguel Cabera and the $240M of Albert Pujols and Robinson Cano.
— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) December 9, 2019
What should this deal do for the Gerrit Cole market, of which the Yankees are expected to be very much involved in?
Cole’s final payday is now expected to exceed $300 million — and not by a penny or two. Nine years at $324 million is $36M on avg per year and that is probably not a bad over/under. What Strasburg signed for would move me to take the over on Cole.
— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) December 9, 2019
Would you make this deal, Yankees fans?
