Nationals' Tanner Roark: Avoids arbitration with Nationals, agrees to $4.315 million deal

Roark avoided arbitration with the Nationals on Friday by signing a one-year, $4.315 million deal, Jon Heyman of Today's Knuckleball reports.

Analysis:

Roark quietly continues to be one of baseball's best pitchers, and will now receive a salary above league minimum for it. The 30-year-old posted a 2.83 ERA and 172 strikeouts in 210 innings last season and worked as the Nationals' No. 2 starter behind Max Scherzer when Stephen Strasburg (elbow) was out.