As is always the case heading into the winter after a long, arduous baseball season, there is uncertainty throughout the league. One thing that is decidedly not uncertain is that Gerrit Cole and Stephen Strasburg are going to sign record-setting contracts for starting pitchers.
Of course, Strasburg will have to opt out of the final four years and $100 million of his current deal with Washington, but the veteran right-hander’s value hasn’t been this high since his days as one of the most anticipated prospects in recent history. In other words, he’s probably going to opt out.