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]]>According to ESPN’s Jeff Passan, Strasburg will get a seven-year, $245 million contract which will top the previous records for a pitcher in both overall value and average annual value. The record, however, should stand long as All-Star pitcher Gerrit Cole is expected to get an even bigger offer.
Strasburg had a career season in 2019, helping the Nationals to their first World Series title. He started 33 games and got career-high 18 wins in the regular season while posting a 3.32 ERA and adding 251 strikeouts.
The 31-year-old continued with great performances in the playoffs, becoming the first MLB pitcher to have five wins without a loss in a single postseason. He finished the World Series MVP-worthy run with 1.98 ERA and 47 strikeouts.
At the end of the season, Stephen Strasburg opted out of the remaining four years of the seven-year, $175 million, extension he signed back in 2016. He met with several teams in past weeks, including New York Yankees, but ended up getting a good enough offer to remain in Washington.
Signing Strasburg probably means that the Nationals will have to let All-Star third baseman Anthony Rendon walk away in free agency. The organization is reportedly prepared to make a competitive offer to Rendon, but will most likely be unable to match his asking price which is south of $234 million that Nolan Arenado got from Colorado Rockies.
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]]>Strasburg pitched 5.1 innings of 3-run, 7-strikeout ball against the NL East-leading Braves in a 13-4 Nationals win, but that wasn’t even where he was at his best.
The 30-year-old veteran also smacked a three-run home run that traveled 420 feet off of Braves reliever Touki Toussaint to give his team an 8-1 lead. Not only was it a rare home run by a pitcher, but the ball was a monster blast that traveled 420 feet and into the seats.
It wasn’t Strasburg’s only hit of the night, however, as he also recorded two more singles and two more RBI to finish the night with three hits and five RBIs.
The former first overall pick’s Thursday performance was, without a doubt, one of this MLB season’s best individual performances in a single game.
Strasburg moved to 12-4 with a 3.52 ERA on the season with his victory, bringing his Nationals to within 5.5 games of the NL East-leading Braves.
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]]>The post Stephen Strasburg Accepts 7-year, $245 Million Deal With Nationals appeared first on yoursportspot.com.
]]>According to ESPN’s Jeff Passan, Strasburg will get a seven-year, $245 million contract which will top the previous records for a pitcher in both overall value and average annual value. The record, however, should stand long as All-Star pitcher Gerrit Cole is expected to get an even bigger offer.
Strasburg had a career season in 2019, helping the Nationals to their first World Series title. He started 33 games and got career-high 18 wins in the regular season while posting a 3.32 ERA and adding 251 strikeouts.
The 31-year-old continued with great performances in the playoffs, becoming the first MLB pitcher to have five wins without a loss in a single postseason. He finished the World Series MVP-worthy run with 1.98 ERA and 47 strikeouts.
At the end of the season, Stephen Strasburg opted out of the remaining four years of the seven-year, $175 million, extension he signed back in 2016. He met with several teams in past weeks, including New York Yankees, but ended up getting a good enough offer to remain in Washington.
Signing Strasburg probably means that the Nationals will have to let All-Star third baseman Anthony Rendon walk away in free agency. The organization is reportedly prepared to make a competitive offer to Rendon, but will most likely be unable to match his asking price which is south of $234 million that Nolan Arenado got from Colorado Rockies.
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]]>The post Strasburg Stars at the Plate and on the Mound in Nationals Win appeared first on yoursportspot.com.
]]>Strasburg pitched 5.1 innings of 3-run, 7-strikeout ball against the NL East-leading Braves in a 13-4 Nationals win, but that wasn’t even where he was at his best.
The 30-year-old veteran also smacked a three-run home run that traveled 420 feet off of Braves reliever Touki Toussaint to give his team an 8-1 lead. Not only was it a rare home run by a pitcher, but the ball was a monster blast that traveled 420 feet and into the seats.
It wasn’t Strasburg’s only hit of the night, however, as he also recorded two more singles and two more RBI to finish the night with three hits and five RBIs.
The former first overall pick’s Thursday performance was, without a doubt, one of this MLB season’s best individual performances in a single game.
Strasburg moved to 12-4 with a 3.52 ERA on the season with his victory, bringing his Nationals to within 5.5 games of the NL East-leading Braves.
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