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Nats gave Harper long-term offer last month

MLB.com Nationals reporter Jamal Collier discusses Bryce Harper's free agency and how it affects the Nationals

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The Nationals offered Bryce Harper a long-term deal on the last day of the 2018 regular season while they still held exclusive negotiating rights, and he declined it.

"We certainly have made attempts to sign him," Mike Rizzo said on Tuesday from the General Managers Meetings in Carlsbad, Calif.