Before superstar Bryce Harper agreed to a record-breaking 13-year, $330 million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies in 2019, he turned down a last-minute offer from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Speaking on a Barstool Sports interview, Harper explained his decision-making process in leaving the Washington Nationals, the only major league team he had ever known.
“At the last second, the Dodgers came in with like a four-year offer, with super high AAV, and opt-outs,” Harper said earlier this month to Barstool sports. “I got so tired of my whole career in DC, everybody talking about, even after my first year, all everyone talks about is, ‘Where is he going?