While Gerrit Cole and Stephen Strasburg stood out as the top-two free-agent starting pitchers, they were hardly the only ones to cash in with lucrative multi-year contracts this offseason.
Zack Wheeler inked a five-year contract with the Philadelphia Phillies, Madison Bumgarner joined the Arizona Diamondbacks on a five-year pact, and former Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu wound up signing a four-year, $90 million deal with the Toronto Blue Jays.
The Dodgers were reportedly open to retaining Ryu on a four-year contract but at a lower average annual salary. He now heads north to join an up-and-coming Blue Jays team that is looking to contend as soon as this year.