Part of the draw in signing with the Washington Nationals for free agent lefty Patrick Corbin (in addition to the 6-year/$140M deal the Nationals offered) was getting an opportunity to pitch alongside a couple of starters like Max Scherzer and Stephen Strasburg in the Nats’ rotation.
“Just watching them compete out there, that’s a big thing,” Corbin said in his introductory press conference in December, which both of the Nationals’ right-handed starters attended.