According to Washington Post columnist Barry Svrluga, Bryce Harper wanted to come back to Washington, D.C., and as late as January 2019, he thought he would return to the nation’s capital for an eighth season with the organization that drafted him No. 1 overall in 2010.
It didn’t work out that way, of course.
Harper signed with the Philadelphia Phillies in early March, agreeing to an opt-out-free, 13-year/$330M deal which, effectively, makes him a Phillie for life.