Citing “a ‘multitude’ of factors” as The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal wrote this winter, Joe Ross opted out of participating in the 2020 COVID campaign, and in doing so, the 27-year-old right-hander forfeited, “$555,555 and [had] his free agency delayed by one year, until the 2022-23 offseason.”
Ross signed what is reportedly a 1-year/$1.5M deal with the Nationals on Tuesday, avoiding arbitration with the club after he signed for the same amount last January.
In 2019, Ross made 27 appearances (nine of them starts) for the Nats in the regular season, with a 5.