'I will high-five him or hug him when I see him, and then I’m going to want to beat his a--.'
Bryce Harper and Mike Rizzo celebrate after the Nationals clinched the NL East title in 2017. By Scott Allen Scott Allen Reporter covering D.C. pro and local college sports Email Bio Follow March 4 at 2:02 PM When the news broke Thursday that Bryce Harper had agreed to sign with the Phillies, tickets on the Nationals team site for Philadelphia’s first visit to Nationals Park this season were available for as little as $11. As of Monday morning, the get-in price for Harper’s return to D.C.
“He’s one of our own,” Rizzo said Monday. “We drafted him, signed him, developed him, watched him turn into a star with Washington his chest. I will high-five him or hug him when I see him, and then I’m going to want to beat his a--. He’s going to want to do the same to me. That’s how I look at it. He’s a great competitor. It’s going to be fun."
During an interview with 106.7 The Fan’s Sports Junkies from the Nationals spring training complex in West Palm Beach, Rizzo recounted Washington’s negotiation process with Harper once more.“We met with Bryce a couple of times at the tail end of the season,” Rizzo said. “Our thought process was this: We wanted to keep him. Our strategy was we have exclusivity to negotiate with him until the first day of free agency and then he becomes a free agent to everybody.
The Nationals offered Harper a 10-year, $300 million deal on the day of Washington’s final home game of the regular season. The Post’s Barry Svrluga reported that two people with knowledge of that offer, which expired on the first day of free agency, said the amount of deferred money was unprecedented, and one said Harper wouldn’t see all of the money until he was 60.
“It was a $300 million deal over 10 years and there was some money deferred,” Rizzo said Monday. “I’m not going to get into the specifics of it, but it was a real aggressive opening offer to a great player . . . They never told us what their feelings were toward it. They did not counter on it.
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