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Washington Nationals sign Bryce Harper to $9.9 million contract<\/b><\/a> – The Post<\/i>
\nZuckerman: Nats Sign Harper Before Deadline<\/b><\/a> – CSN Washington<\/em>
\nNats, top pick Harper agree to five-year deal<\/b><\/a> – nationals.com<\/em>
\nWith Bryce Harper, Stephen Strasburg and Ryan Zimmerman, the Nationals now have three franchise players<\/b><\/a> – The Post<\/i>
\nThe Washington Nationals signed #1 overall pick Bryce Harper<\/b> to a $9.9 million major league contract with a $6.25 million signing bonus included. The 17 year old former Sports Illustrated<\/i> cover boy<\/b><\/a> is expected to play in the minor leagues for 2-3 years. Nats scouting director Kris Kline compared Harper to Jason Heyward. Kline, who had drafted Heyward while with the Atlanta Braves would not elaborate on which one he thought had more potential.<\/p>\n

The contract terms were not agreed to until 11:59 p.m. yesterday, coming down to the wire. Harper actually signed later than Stephen Strasburg did last year. Both players are represented by uber agent Scott Boras<\/b>, so this was not unexpected. Nats president Stan Kasten<\/b> and Mike Rizzo<\/b> both expressed that they had doubts up until the final minute that the deal would get done. Kasten celebrated by sticking a shaving cream pie in Rizzo’s face. Someone else put the Silver Elvis wig (remember that? On Elvis death day too) on Rizzo.<\/p>\n

Harper will join the Gulf Coast League and likely the Arizona Fall League. He will be introduced to D.C. during the Nats next homestand.<\/p>\n

More draft coverage coming over lunch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Washington Nationals sign Bryce Harper to $9.9 million contract – The Post Zuckerman: Nats Sign Harper Before Deadline – CSN Washington Nats, top pick Harper agree to five-year deal – nationals.com With Bryce Harper, Stephen Strasburg and Ryan Zimmerman, the Nationals now have three franchise players – The Post The Washington Nationals signed #1 overall […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,106],"tags":[343,1166,1222,1224,1614,1695],"class_list":["post-9556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-natsmlb-2010","category-washington-nationals","tag-bryce-harper","tag-mike-rizzo","tag-nats","tag-nats-front-office","tag-scott-boras","tag-stan-kasten"],"yoast_head":"\nNats sign #1 overall pick Bryce Harper at 11:59 - William F. 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