Nobody has signed a deal this winter with as much deferred money as Max Scherzer got last offseason when he put off half of his $210 million from the Nationals until later. This hot stove season’s prince of never being a pauper is Zack Greinke, with $62.5 million deferred on his $206 million deal with the Diamondbacks.
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Deferrals are nothing new, of course. Here are eight former players still cashing in thanks to a willingness to play now and get paid later.