Federal Baseball · Nov 21, 2016
What’s next for Nationals’ starter Max Scherzer?
Two no-hitters in one season. 20 Ks in one game. Two Cy Young awards in two leagues.
Two years into Max Scherzer’s seven-year/$210M, the decision by Mike Rizzo and Co. in the Washington Nationals’ front office to sign Scherzer to a long-term deal has worked out nicely. Of course, Rizzo knew what he was getting when he signed the right-hander two winters back.
“Familiarity with the player is often important,” Rizzo explained in an interview on the MLB Network on Friday. “Especially when you’re talking this type of term especially for a pitcher and the type of money, the outlay that you have to give to these aces. So we knew the player very, very well.”