05-10-2016, 11:00 AM
Also some details are emerging on the Strasburg contract, which as it turns out is heavily backloaded.
Quote:Strasburg will receive $15 million annually from 2017-23, and then $10 million per year from 2024-30. This helps the Nationals in two ways: keeping payroll lower in the near term, and also lowering the actual value of the entire package. The Nationals, the person said, figure the deal is actually akin to about $162 million if it were paid out only over the seven-year life of the contract.