All of baseball is waiting for Bryce Harper to make a decision. Along with Manny Machado, the 26-year-old outfielder represents the most significant chip still to fall in the free-agent market, setting the price for every other outfielder and perhaps a new bar for all free agent contracts.
Writers and fans have spent endless hours and written endless blog posts speculating about where Harper will land—Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Washington have emerged as the frontrunners—while extolling the potential impact he can bring to a team.
And Harper deserves many of these accolades: Fangraphs projects him to be worth 4.