From Max Scherzer’s shadow to his old address, starting pitcher Jordan Zimmermann is leaving the Washington Nationals for a chance to be the ace of the staff in Detroit.
Zimmermmann is scheduled to take a physical and join the Tigers on a five-year, $110 million contract and take a spot near the top of a rotation that subtracted Scherzer and David Price in the past two seasons.
The Nationals offered Zimmermann a new deal late in the regular season, but he wanted to test the market, just as Scherzer did last winter not long after the strikeout machine shook off Detroit’s $144 million offer in 2014.