When I read the news that the Washington Nationals had signed
Max Scherzer to a seven year deal I have to admit that I was a little
disappointed. When I read that the deal was worth $210 million my
disappointment level plummeted. When I read that Washington will be paying
Scherzer until he’s 45 years old and for the next 14 years I just kind of
chuckled a bit.
While this deal is genius for the next four or five years,
especially with Scherzer in the National League and facing the pitcher once
every three innings, this deal is going to potentially handcuff the organization
down the road. Scherzer will be on the books until 2028 and won’t be on the
team after the 2021 season. This is not even mentioning the similarities in the
contract to Clayton Kershaw and factoring in how much younger, better and which
hand Kershaw throws with versus Scherzer.
This deal has all the makings of looking terrible and
crippling to the franchise in five to nine years. This makes me very happy that
Brian Cashman, for once, did not fold to Scott Boras. Scherzer is great but
just how much better are the Nationals with him anyway? Especially if they
trade away Jordan Zimmerman or Doug Fister? Not 14 years and $210 million
better that’s for darn sure.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :)