SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Buster Posey made it clear last month that he would like to play with Bryce Harper. A day before Posey made his spring debut, Harper chose to spend the rest of his career elsewhere.
“Sure there’s a little bit of disappointment,” Posey said Friday night. “We would have loved to have had him in the lineup, but at the same time you knew it was a possibility that he wouldn’t make it here.”
Harper chose the Phillies on Thursday, agreeing to a 13-year, $330 million contract. The Giants had been at 12 years for $310 million, offering Harper a contract that would have nearly doubled Posey’s extension, signed in 2013.