Time to sing, "one of these things, is not like the other, can you say which one" is the complete waste of money?
those contracts should be a lesson to the Nats. You have to sign pitchers early - like Gio and not like you've done with JZ - because a staff of aces is darn expensive and you will end up paying for decline years.
Then isn't it also a lesson for pitchers to wait and not sign early?