The Biggest Contract Bust in MLB History

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After their 2019 championship season, the Washington Nationals signed reigning World Series MVP Stephen Strasburg to a monstrous $245 million contract over seven years.
At the time, it was the biggest contract ever awarded to a pitcher.
The problem is that the 34-year-old hasn't thrown in a game in about a year and may never pitch again because of complications from "severe nerve damage," reports Jesse Dougherty of the Washington Post.

Since he signed the deal, Strasburg has pitched a grand total of 31.1 innings thanks to a slew of injuries and a 2021 surgery.

Worse for the Nationals, the team does not have disability insurance, according to the Post, meaning they have to pay Strasburg his $35 million annual salary not only for this season but for the three following seasons.
You read that correctly.
The Nats will owe him 140 million over the next 4 years, and dude will probably never pitch again.
 
They got a ring out of it though. Should have let him walk after that, his body was destined to fall apart.
 
actually that is far from biggest bust contract, the team is worth $2B and a huge part of that worth growth came in the World Series year 2019. When they won it all they had a worth of $1.7B the value jumped to $2B with revenues that year of $336 million. so he helped make the team worth a shitload more money as well as increase revenues a lot from previous years
 
Still dont know why they re-signed him after the C'hip. All the young talent they let walk and they re-upped his always injured ass.
 
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