Bryce Harper signs record $330M contract with the Phillies.
Washington Nationals Bryce Harper reacts to his winning hit during the Major League Baseball Home Run Derby, in Washington on July 16, 2018.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Bryce Harper, widely regarded as the most prized free agent in baseball history, agreed to a record-breaking, 13-year $330 million deal with the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday.
The 26-year-old Harper was considered a remarkably rare commodity because he accumulated the necessary six years of MLB service before a player become a free agent by such a young age. It meant he could ask for a lucrative, long-term deal that would cover prime-of-career years. Harper had been planning for this big payday since he was a teenager, with unprecedented hype for such a young baseball player.put him on its cover, calling him the"Chosen One" and"Baseball's LeBron," comparing him to LeBron James, this generation's best basketball player who also lived up to over-the-top predictions of greatness beginning as a teen.
Harper's best season, so far, was in 2015 when the outfielder belted a National League-high 42 home runs and took home the league's Most Valuable Player award.
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