Now-former Nationals’ outfielder and 2010 No. 1 overall pick Bryce Harper talked to veteran Washington Post columnist Barry Svrluga, after leaving D.C. via free agency and signing a 13-year/$330M deal with Philadelphia’s Phillies, about his slightly confusing negotiations at the end of the 2018 campaign.
As Harper explained it, the rumored 10-year/$300M deal the Nationals offered during the final home game of the season was presented to him in a meeting in the manager’s office while the game was in a rain delay.
“Harper was still in his uniform.