<img height="1" width="1" style="display:none" src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=192888919167017&amp;ev=PageView&amp;noscript=1">
Friday, March 29, 2024
March 29, 2024

Linkedin Pinterest

Nationals, top pick Harper hit deadline day

The Columbian
Published: August 16, 2010, 12:00am

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Nationals and No. 1 overall draft pick Bryce Harper are facing a deadline to get a deal done.

Major League Baseball clubs have until midnight as Monday turns to Tuesday to agree on contracts with players picked in June’s amateur draft.

Harper is a 17-year-old power-hitting junior college catcher the Nationals want to convert to an outfielder.

The Nationals know this scenario well: They came to terms with last year’s No. 1 choice, pitcher Stephen Strasburg, with about a minute or so left on the clock. Harper and Strasburg both are represented by Scott Boras.

Asked Sunday about Harper, Strasburg said: “If he doesn’t want to play here, then we don’t want him here.”

Loading...