The Nationals and Bryce Harper reached an agreement on a contract for the 2017 season:
Harper settled for $13.625 million, far above the $9 million MLB Trade Rumors projected he would make, and a significant raise over the $5 million his two-year deal paid him last year. Since he had signed a two-year deal before the 2015 season, Harper did not get the kind of pay raise he would have gotten if he entered arbitration after his MVP season. Harper struggled (by his own standards) in 2016, as his average and on-base percentage dropped by nearly 90 points each, and his homer count fell from 42 to 24 — but he seems to be getting part of that 2015 payday now.
Players two years away from free agency tend to get about 60% of their free agent value. That would put Harper at three WAR, rather than the 5.5 WAR the projection systems are indicating. If Harper bounces back to a 5+ WAR player, his free agency is going to be very interesting.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/2jNqHKO
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