Nationals, Corbin agree to 6-year deal
WASHINGTON — Add Patrick Corbin to the all-star starting staff the Washington Nationals have assembled.
A person familiar with the deal said the left-handed Corbin has agreed to a six-year contract with the Nationals, pending a physical exam. Another person familiar with the terms said the contract is for US$140 million.
Corbin, who has played his entire Major League Baseball career for the Arizona Diamondbacks, joins a rotation in Washington that already includes three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer and Stephen Strasburg. Corbin was a National League all-star selection in 2013 and this year; Scherzer has been picked for each of the past six Midsummer Classics; Strasburg has made it three times.
Corbin, 29, is coming off his best season in the majors, going 11-7 with a 3.15 ERA while pitching 200 innings for the second time in his career.
Corbin was considered the top starter available in an elite free-agent class and became the first player among them to sign a big money, multiyear deal this off-season.
Still on the market is rightfielder Bryce Harper, the 2012 NL Rookie of the Year and ’15 NL MVP for the Nationals. Washington made a late-season offer to Harper in a bid to keep him, but that was not accepted.