WASHINGTON – He was coming off a recent World Series success and was going from one National League East team to another after signing a three-year free-agent contract.
While Max Scherzer won a World Series title with the Nationals in 2019 and is now with the New York Mets, the scenario was just a little bit different in 2016.
Daniel Murphy, a home run star for the Mets in the 2015 World Series against Kansas City, signed a three-year deal with the Nationals in 2016 and was introduced to the media the first week of January that year after he came to terms a few weeks earlier.