Nationals' Anthony Rendon: Avoids arbitration with Nationals

Rendon and the Nationals avoided arbitration Friday with a one-year, $5.8 million deal, Chelsea Janes of the Washington Post reports.

Analysis:

Rendon bounced back from a disappointing 2015 season with a solid .270/.348/.450 line and 20 home runs in 2016. He'll get a $3 million raise for that uptick, but the best could be yet to come for the 26-year-old.