Max Scherzer to the Washington Nationals

[LT Profits]

Nats have a very scary rotation!


CBS Sports' Jon Heyman reports that the Nationals and free agent right-hander Max Scherzer have agreed to a seven-year contract.

FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal hears that the deal will be worth more than $180 million. The contract will run through his age-36 season in 2021. The Nationals' rotation was already plenty scary, but the addition of Scherzer makes Tanner Roark (who had a 2.85 ERA and 15 wins last year) the team's sixth starter. Not bad. Not bad at all. Of course, that might not last long, as the Nationals are now expected to move Jordan Zimmermann or another starting pitcher.

[Big Bear]

little late to the party LT

[44 Mag]

Nats have a very scary rotation!


CBS Sports' Jon Heyman reports that the Nationals and free agent right-hander Max Scherzer have agreed to a seven-year contract.

FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal hears that the deal will be worth more than $180 million. The contract will run through his age-36 season in 2021. The Nationals' rotation was already plenty scary, but the addition of Scherzer makes Tanner Roark (who had a 2.85 ERA and 15 wins last year) the team's sixth starter. Not bad. Not bad at all. Of course, that might not last long, as the Nationals are now expected to move Jordan Zimmermann or another starting pitcher.

Now he gets to show us what a great hitter he can be a s well as a great pitcher.

[jjgold]

Extremely rare big contracts ever are worth it let's see if this is another flop

[MexicanStallion]

That's a stacked pitching staff. Not sure why it's so important to move Zimmerman or even Strasburg.

[mlb]

stacked staff - doesnt mean WS title though - also hate these long contracts.

You'd have trouble naming 1 that has worked out.

[The Kraken]

MOds please merge this thread with the other thread created before this one

LT doesn't always have to win

[mpaschal34]

$210M? Wow. Solid pitcher, but the fans better hope they don't get money cautious a few years out. This could hamstring the franchise.

[stevenash]

You'd have trouble naming 1 that has worked out.

Mike Mussina.

[MCherry281]

Now that Scherzer got paid so much he will probably be terrible.

[Big Bear]

That's a stacked pitching staff. Not sure why it's so important to move Zimmerman or even Strasburg.

its not.

Chances are high that atleast one of these guys goes down with Tommy john surgery so its good to have depth.

[Big Bear]

stacked staff - doesnt mean WS title though - also hate these long contracts.

You'd have trouble naming 1 that has worked out.

Clayton Kershaw

Felix Hernandez

Roger Clemens

Cole Hamels

[LordVodka]

Wow this really takes them over the top. Lets hope he doesnt have a bad year.

[BarkingToad]

Good pitcher, but paid too much.

[Wrigley]

way to much money, but Nats look good on paper

[Otters27]

It will be worth it if they win 1 world series

[stevenash]

Still doesn't punch their ticket to the World Series, the bullpen needs some attention, tons of miles on Soriano's arm, he's like 36 years old, he's not an elite closer, he's not horseshit, little better than average closer, he did fine filling in for Mo that one season, year before that he sucked ass for the Yankees.
Storen is OK as 8th inning guy, had a good season last year, sucked ass big time in 2013, he doesn't have the right stuff to close, but like I said he's OK in the 8th inning, Storen to Soriano ain't Davis to Holland thouigh.
I think the Nats figured out how to use Tyler Clippard, Yanks had him originally, they got frustrated with him, but I remember he had a real live arm, but he was just a kid, he was like 21, took him a couple of years to figure it out, now he appears in 70 games plus a year, K artist, but he's more a specialist than an innings eater.

Clippard/Storen/Soriano is not an elite bullpen, I'll give you a little better than average, but if the Nats are going to baby Stras with 6 or 7 innings per start, they are going to need innings eaters in the pen, Max can go the distance, but that's it, Gio doesn't, when was the last time Fister went deep into a game (besides that 9 inning shutout against Miami - that was a gem by the way he pitched) Fister is a 6 or 7 inning starter.

Nats need some bullpen help, and they also have to stay healthy, they had some key injuries last season.

[mackanlasse]

nice

[stevenash]

2015 nationals zips projections - pitchers

NAME	T	AGE	G	GS	IP	K	BB	HR	H	R	ER
Jordan Zimmermann	R	29	31	31	193.3	159	34	16	181	71	66
Stephen Strasburg	R	26	31	31	193.3	217	47	19	165	67	63
Tanner Roark	R	28	28	28	182.3	121	41	16	176	75	70
Gio Gonzalez	L	29	29	29	170.3	171	67	13	145	66	62
Doug Fister	R	31	26	26	165.3	117	31	15	161	64	60
Taylor Hill	R	26	27	24	143.3	73	31	19	161	78	73
A.J. Cole	R	23	25	25	141.3	120	36	19	139	64	60
Lucas Giolito	R	20	26	26	134.3	126	45	17	121	60	56
Blake Treinen	R	27	26	20	120	78	30	10	124	55	51
Austin Voth	R	23	25	25	119	105	47	16	115	60	56
Joe Ross	R	22	23	22	118	72	40	13	126	64	60
Paolo Espino	R	28	25	18	118	86	36	16	123	64	60
Bruce Billings	R	29	24	20	112.7	68	45	17	124	72	67
Mitch Lively	R	29	33	16	108.7	79	51	12	110	59	55
Ryan Tatusko	R	30	26	18	108	74	70	12	111	65	61
Zach Kroenke	L	31	25	17	102	45	44	14	118	66	62
Taylor Jordan	R	26	18	17	95.3	60	25	9	101	46	43
John Simms	R	23	21	14	94.7	66	28	9	96	45	42
Danny Rosenbaum	L	27	16	16	87.3	45	34	8	95	47	44
Paul Demny	R	25	26	13	85.7	65	41	10	86	46	43
Felipe Rivero	L	23	20	19	83.3	52	41	10	89	49	46
Jake Johansen	R	24	23	16	82.7	59	50	9	85	49	46
Craig Stammen	R	31	50	0	74.7	66	22	6	70	30	28
Matt Grace	L	26	52	0	72.3	48	26	5	72	32	30
Ross Ohlendorf	R	32	17	12	71	49	28	8	74	39	36
Tyler Clippard	R	30	71	0	66	75	23	6	50	21	20
Neil Holland	R	26	44	0	65	48	21	6	64	30	28
Tyler Herron	R	28	47	0	64.7	52	32	5	62	31	29
Eric Fornataro	R	27	50	0	62.3	34	24	5	65	31	29
Matt Purke	L	24	14	14	61	39	27	8	66	36	34
Daniel Stange	R	29	48	0	59.7	45	30	5	59	31	29
Rafael Soriano	R	35	60	0	58	52	18	5	52	22	21
Jerry Blevins	L	31	62	0	56.7	55	20	5	48	22	21
Drew Storen	R	27	65	0	56.7	50	14	5	52	21	20
Sam Runion	R	26	35	0	55.3	36	18	6	57	28	26
Ryan Mattheus	R	31	49	0	54.3	36	17	6	56	28	26
Manny Delcarmen	R	33	42	0	52.3	39	29	4	52	28	26
Aaron Barrett	R	27	55	0	51.3	55	18	3	43	18	17
Erik Davis	R	28	41	0	51.3	41	18	5	51	25	23
Xavier Cedeno	L	28	53	0	48.7	52	19	4	42	19	18
Bryan Harper	L	25	34	0	47	33	29	5	48	27	25
Rafael Martin	R	31	31	0	41.7	39	17	4	38	18	17
Sammy Solis	L	26	10	10	40	25	13	3	41	19	18
Zach Jackson	L	32	31	0	39	24	12	3	40	19	18
Chris Manno	L	26	31	0	38.7	30	22	5	40	24	22
Tyler Robertson	L	27	39	0	36	29	17	4	36	19	18
Matt Thornton	L	38	54	0	34.7	23	9	2	34	14	13
Christian Garcia	R	29	31	0	34.3	34	14	2	30	13	12
Mike Gonzalez	L	37	38	0	31	30	13	3	29	14	13

[Cross]

They paid way too much, but good for him!

[lakerboy]

Guy plays every 5 days. Lol.

[mr. leisure]

Man , the nats are loaded

[BigSpoon]

That's a stacked pitching staff. Not sure why it's so important to move Zimmerman or even Strasburg.

Zimmerman going into the last year of his contract is why they might move him.

[Big Bear]

Man , the nats are loaded

yeah this might be the best starting pitching rotation in the history of baseball if they all stay healthy and they all play to full potential.

Gio Gonzalez is a great #5 pitcher

He would be the ace if he played for the Rockies or Twins.

[Big Bear]

They paid way too much, but good for him!

if Alex Rodriguez makes 25.2 million a year then i would say this guy is not over paid relatively speaking.

[texhooper]

baseball is so backwards. guys play their best years at one team for x amount. then play their worst years at another team for like 5 times as much.

[TheMoneyShot]

Scherzer blows his arm out this year.... watch.

Mike Ilitch had the money to pay him... Dombrowski said no.

[yisman]

Nats are crazy

Scherzer a risky signing, plus they are already loaded at SP

[MexicanStallion]

Zimmerman going into the last year of his contract is why they might move him.

Thanks for the reply. That makes more sense. They probably can't afford resigning him now.

[TwoWays]

ive found out that Bryce Harper was the only prime time baller on that club last season. Who knew

[yisman]

baseball is so backwards. guys play their best years at one team for x amount. then play their worst years at another team for like 5 times as much.

Yep

it's like this with basically every good player

underpaid first 6 years or so

overpaid rest of career, often drastically

[Big Bear]

Yep

it's like this with basically every good player

underpaid first 6 years or so

overpaid rest of career, often drastically

especially Kobe Bryant.

[Otters27]

This is becoming the age of the mega starting pitcher. There are only few elite kind of like QB in NFL

[Big Bear]

Mad Max penciled in as the #3 starter according to the Nationals depth chart.

My guess is he will end up being the staff ace.

I can see it now NLCS game 7 Kerhsaw vs Scherezer