Harper reportedly rejected late pushes by the Dodgers and Giants in order to sign with the Phillies instead. The signing means that Nick Williams will slide into a fourth outfielder role - or perhaps even head to Triple-A Lehigh Valley since he has options remaining - with two out-of-options guys, Aaron Altherr and Roman Quinn, facing tougher odds to make the major-league roster, and Dylan Cozens almost certainly headed back to the minors to serve as extra depth. Harper will join Andrew McCutchen and Odubel Herrera as part of Philadelphia’s everyday outfield. He had an atrocious -3.2 defensive WAR and was rated by WAA (a metric similar to WAR, but that measures a player’s value compared to the average player, rather than a random Triple-A player) as -0.8 wins below average. In 695 plate appearances, he got on base at an extremely impressive rate but struggled to make contact and was a liability in the field, hitting. That’ll be important in case Harper is more like the player he was in 2018 - and really has been for the majority of his career. But by giving him more years (paying him through his age-38 season) and a $25.3 million average annual value (lower than the ones Machado and Nolan Arenado received in recent weeks), the Phillies give themselves a bit more wiggle room from an annual budget/luxury tax standpoint. At that time, it was the biggest contract in the history of US sports. All the money was guaranteed leaving his annual salaray close to 25 million. On that agreement, there was a 20 million signing bonus. 330/.460/.649 with 42 homers, 99 RBI, and a 10.0 bWAR. In 2019, Bryce Harper signed a 13 year/330 million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. Obviously, the Phillies will hope that he’s able to bounce back to his MVP form of 2015, when he hit. Though he’s only hit more than 30 homers in a season twice over seven years in the big leagues, it wouldn’t be surprising to see him hit 40-plus on an annual basis with the Phillies. Harper, 26, will have the ability to fully showcase his best skill - his power - at hitter-friendly Citizens Bank Park. Realmuto, Jean Segura, Andrew McCutchen, David Robertson, Juan Nicasio, and James Pazos this offseason. The national pastime shocked us again Thursday when news broke that All-Star outfielder Bryce Harper was reportedly close to inking his name to a stupefying contract13 years and 330. The signing of Harper - which seems likely to conclude their offseason spending - completes a very busy offseason of upgrades for Philadelphia, which also added J.T. The addition of Harper doesn’t make the Phillies clear favorites for the NL East title, but it does give them a very real shot at winning the division for the first time since 2011. Harper didn’t want one.”- Ken Rosenthal February 28, 2019 Follow Spotrac NFL NBA MLB NHL WNBA Golf Soccer Racing Tennis OTHER News Podcasts PREMIUM MLB Teams Team Payrolls Tax Payrolls Positional Spending Contracts Top Salaries Free Agents Tools Transactions Phillies Bryce Harper Embed This Right Field Age: 30-238d Exp: 10.
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