Gio Gonzalez, Nationals Agree To 5-Year Extension

[Elite]

Gio Gonzalez and the Nationals have agreed to terms on a contract extension, according to the team's official Twitter feed. The deal runs through 2016, with club options for 2017 and 2018, and comes less than a month after the Nationals sent four prospects to Oakland to acquire Gonzalez.

Gonzalez, 26, was eligible for arbitration for the first time as a Super Two this winter. The extension will lock him up for all four of his arb years, plus one season of free agency. With the two club options, the Nationals have potentially bought out three of the southpaw's free agent years.

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Depending upon how much they gave him this is a smart deal for the Nats.

 

[Giantmetfan07]

He was expected to get about $4M in Arbitration this year. I'm assuming they gave him $6.5-$7M per year.

Although hearing it might be closer to $40M in total.

 

[Elite]

3:01pm: Enrique Rojas of ESPN Deportes reports (on Twitter) that the deal is worth $42MM, and the two option years could raise the value to $65MM.

Pretty good deal IMO