Harper refused $ 300 million from Washington
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Baseball boss Washington National Bryce Harper has denied the club`s offer for a 10-year $ 300 million contract, which was revealed during the annual meeting of MLB General Managers in Carlsbad, California. Stolichani made the offer at the end of the regular season in an attempt to prevent the 26-year-old outfitter from joining the free market. Despite the club`s refusal, they are ready for new talks with his agent, Scott Boras. `We took advantage of our exclusive right to discuss a long-term contract in the last weeks before he got the right to sign up with any team, ` explained National General Manager Mike Rizzo. `We have not achieved anything but Bryce isa boy who is too close and expensive to us, so we have not closed the door. `Harper, who turned 26 last month, spent his entire 7-year career in the Premier League with Washington uniform. From 2012 to 2018, he hit 184 home runs and 521 RBIs at an average billing rate. 279. For the seven seasons, the right-wing filter participated six times in the Stars` Match, missing the show only in 2014 due to an injury. It is expected that this winter Bryce Harper will receive the most expensive contract among all 164 free agents on the MLB market. The rejected $ 300 million bid would have put it second in history in the most expensive baseball deal. For now, the record belongs to Cancarlo Stanton, who signed a 13-year contract with Miami Marlins for $ 325 million in 2014. His salary is now paid by New York Yankees, where the 29-year-old outfitter has gone since the end of last season.
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