Bryce Harper seems intent on breaking the record for the most money ever given to a professional athlete in a contract. At least that’s the feeling you are left with after USA Today‘s Bob Nightengale reported Tuesday that Harper rejected a “megadeal” from the Nationals on the last day of the 2018 season.
Nightengale noted that the contract would have given Harper $30 million per year and that the Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants, along with the Nationals, will all be in the hunt.
The Washington Post‘s Chelsea Janes gave more information about the proposed contract, saying it contained no opt-out clauses and that it was below $400 million, a number that Harper has desired to hit in the past.