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WASHINGTON -- Top overall draft pick Bryce Harper and the Washington Nationals reached an agreement on a $9.9 million, five-year contract shortly before the deadline of midnight ET Monday night.
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He gets a $6.25 million signing bonus in five equal payments of $1.25 million: 30 days after appoval and each July 1 from 2011 through 2014.
Harper receives salaries of $500,000 each in 2011 and 2012, $750,000 in 2013, $900,000 in 2014 and $1 million in 2015.
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http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5468993
Looks like the Nationals could become a better team down the road with his power and Strasburg pitching.