WASHINGTON -- Right-handed starter Jordan Zimmermanns $24 million, two-year contract and shortstop Ian Desmonds $17.
Customized Denver Broncos Jersey .5 million, two-year deal were among a half-dozen agreements reached by the Washington
Nationals on Friday to avoid arbitration. Zimmermann and Desmond are two
homegrown cornerstones of the Nationals, who essentially bought out both players
last two arbitration years. And both deals are worth much more in the second
season: Zimmermann will make $7.5 million in 2014, then $16.5 million in 2015;
Desmond gets $6.5 million in 2014, then $11 million in 2015. Other players
agreeing to contracts with the Nationals, all for just 2014, included former
closer Drew Storen, catcher Wilson Ramos and lefties Jerry Blevins and
Ross Detwiler. Storen got a base salary of $3.45 million, with a chance to earn
$1 million in performance bonuses based on the number of games he finishes.
Ramos deal is worth $2.095 million, Blevins is worth $1.675 million, and
Detwilers is worth $3 million. Two other Nationals players submitted salary
arbitration figures: right-handed starter Doug Fister, who was acquired from the
Detroit Tigers in a trade this off-season, and right-handed reliever
Tyler Clippard. Fister, who made $4,075,000 while going 14-9 with a 3.67 ERA
over 208 2-3 innings last season, asked that his salary more than double to $8.5
million, while the Nationals offered $5.75 million. Clippard asked for a raise
to $6.35 million from $4 million; the team offered $4.45 million. Clippard was
6-3 with a 2.41 ERA and 73 strikeouts in 71 innings in 2013. Zimmermann went
19-9 with a 3.25 ERA over 213 1-3 innings last season for the Nationals, who
went 86-76 and finished second in the NL East, failing to reach the playoffs.
Desmond hit .280 with 20 homers and 80 RBIs in 2013, along with a career-best
.971 fielding percentage. He was an NL All-Star in 2012, when he hit 25 homers
and helped Washington win its division. Ramos hit .272 with 16 homers in only
287 at-bats, missing time because of leg injuries. Storen was 4-2 with three
saves and a 4.52 ERA in 61 2-3 innings in 2013, when he also was sent to
Triple-A Syracuse in July for a brief stint in the minors. He had 43 saves in
2011, missed the first part of 2012 because of right elbow surgery, then
switched to a setup role last season after Washington signed Rafael Soriano.
Detwiler was 2-7 with a 4.04 ERA in 2013, splitting time between the rotation
and bullpen. Washington got Blevins from the Oakland Athletics in a trade last
month. He was 5-0 with a 3.15 ERA in a career-high 67 games in 2013.
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seventh inning scored the go-ahead run, as the St. Louis Cardinals rallied for a
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