Getty Images UPDATE: Bill Ladson of MLB.com reports that Zimmermann will get $5.35 million.
5:50 PM: Jordan Zimmermann and the Nationals have avoided arbitration with a one-year deal.
Zimmermann requested $5.8 million in his second season of arbitration eligibility and the Nationals countered at $4.6 million after he threw 196 innings with a 2.94 ERA at age 26.
Zimmermann bounced back from Tommy John elbow surgery remarkably well to establish himself as one of the best young starters in baseball and as a “Super Two” player the Nationals still control him via arbitration for 2014 and 2015.
His hearing was scheduled for Tuesday, so the two sides cut it pretty close.
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- dcfan4life - Feb 15, 2013 at 6:02 PM
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He was our best pitcher the first half of last season, and that alone is saying something. I still dont know how he didnt get a single Cy Young vote. No he shouldnt of won or been contending to win, but not a single vote, after that season, is ridiculous.
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- jyoung1891 - Feb 15, 2013 at 6:34 PM
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Gio was going to get most to all of the DC votes. And of course Zimmermann has always been less publicized than Strasburg.
But $5 million is a nice way to show him some love. It would work for me.
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- riverace19 - Feb 16, 2013 at 2:16 AM
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If he lowers his walk rate he will by a Cy candidate
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- riverace19 - Feb 16, 2013 at 3:10 AM
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Scratch that.. must have been confusing his with someone else because his walk rate was 1.98/9 last year… only holes in his stats are a pretty high strand rate and a lower HR/FB rate… even though he didn’t have a good August 2012 he should be more consistent throughout this year
