In his initial reporting on what was said to be a 7-year/$210-$215M contract offer to Anthony Rendon, Washington Post columnist Barry Svrluga wrote that the initial offer, made in early September, differed, “... vastly from the 10-year, $300 million offer the Nationals made last September to outfielder Bryce Harper,” which, “... included about $100 million in deferred salary, with the final payment coming in 2052.”
According to Svrluga’s reporting, the, “... offer to Rendon, in contrast, is structured similarly to the seven-year, $210 million deal the Nationals gave to pitcher Max Scherzer in 2015.