If I were Zim's agent, I'd be telling him he's looking at $25MM over the next 2 years, with the last year liekely being someplace other than DC. That's $18MM, a $2MM buyout, and a $5MM free agent contract somewhere in 2020. Facing that, I'd try to get the Nats to agree to $30MM for 2019-2021, maybe with an option for 2022 and a buyout. Lower his AAV to help the team, and get to stay in DC. It bites him if he has a year like 2017 next year, but otherwise, he gets decent money and stays in town.
