THE HOT CORNER
Welp, here we are. Big Money being tossed out for Big Names and the men are separating themselves from the boys. The Nationals took that 7 x $245MM offer rumored to be the high water mark from the Yankees to Gerrit Cole, and re-signed Stephen Strasburg at that level.
The Nats now have $595 million in their rotation, at an AAV of $95.2MM, and the Juan Soto contract is coming. (Which makes my chuckle at Scott Boras insisting that the Nats can still afford Anthony Rendon, too.)
But there you are.