He has won 3 MVPs in his first 4 full seasons, and led the Nationals to a 2014 world series championship. He's a regular threat for 10 WAR. According to fangraphs translations that would make him worth $50M/season in fair market value. just wow! He's made less than $25M so far in his 5 seasons total.
He's only 25 and absolutely dominating my MLB league with an elite bat & glove. Hitting for power, stealing bases, covering a ton of ground and throwing runners out with his rocket for an arm.
If his career were to end now, he might have a good enough of a resume already for HOF consideration.
I'm going to make sure I set it up to have a TON of spare cash in his free agent year, and crossing my fingers he doesn't extend with Washington. He will be going onto the market in 2018 (only have to wait 1 more year). I'll basically be writing him a blank check to come play for my Pittsburgh Pirates.
For ratings interpretation in the image: I use the 2-8 scouting rating scale in my league (cut off at 8). My scout is newly hired Dave Dombrowski, who is "legendary" at scouting major leaguers. My major league scouting budget is very small though (~$500K).
