CLEARWATER, Fla. (CBS) – Bryce Harper is officially a Philadelphia Phillie. The team on Saturday formally introduced the biggest name on the free-agent market at Spectrum Field.
Harper signed a 13-year, $330 million contract with no opt-outs and a no-trade clause. He gets a $20 million signing bonus, a $10 million salary this year, $26 million in each of the following nine seasons and $22 million in each of the last three years. None of the money is deferred.
He will wear No. 3, which he said Saturday is an important number to him.
Harper says 34 is Roy Halladay’s number and should be the last player to wear it for the Phillies.