Washington Nationals Sign Bryce Harper, Sammy Solis, A.J. Cole, Robbie Ray.
Update: 12:41 am EST: Yahoo!Sports.com's Tim Brown via Twitter (@tbrownyahoo):
"Final on Harper: $9.9 million over five years, $6.25 million as bonus. Plus $500,000 roster bonuses in '14 and '15."
• 12:01 pm EST: There were rumors floating around Nationals Park all weekend. Draft picks spotted at BP, Twitter messages from national baseball writers, and some mixed messages about when the Nats could announce deals they may have already signed, but before the night was over on Monday, the Washington Nationals had announced that they'd agreed to deals with all four of their top remaining 2010 Draft picks: the No.1 overall pick, OF Bryce Harper, 2nd Round pick LHP Sammy Solis, the Nats' 4th Round pick RHP A.J. Cole and 12th Round pick LHP Robbie Ray, so that the Nats had 14 of their top 15 and 25 of the top 26 draft picks from the 2010 class under contract.
Robbie Ray's $799,000 deal was the first one confirmed by the Nats, who sent the message out on Twitter via their account @NatsTownNews, writing simply,"#Nationals agree to terms with 12th rounder, LHP Robbie Ray," who was described in a follow-up tweet, "As part of Baseball America’s 2010 Draft Preview, Ray was rated as No. 6 prospect in Tennessee, 2nd among high school players."
Up next was the Nats' 2nd Round pick, University of San Diego left-hander Sammy Solis, whose signing (and rumored $1M deal) was announced along with the following info @NatsTownNews on Twitter:
"Solis went 9-2 with a 3.42 ERA in 15 games/14 starts for University of San Diego to garner All-West Coast Conf. honors in 2010...
"Solis was rated as No. 7 prospect, 3rd-best college player, in California among 2010 Draft class as part of Baseball America’s Draft Preview"
And then the Nats' 4th Round pick A.J. Cole, projected as a 1st Round talent, who'd fallen to the fourth round because of his commitment to the University of Miami, but had somehow been convinced, (hint: $2M dollars) to forgo the college experience and sign out of high school. According to the Nats, again on @NatsTownNews:
"Cole, 18, was rated by Baseball America as the No. 16 overall player, the 8th-best pitcher, among 2010 Draft-eligible prospects."
Then the DC Faithful waited...Cole's signing was made official about an hour before the 11:59:59 deadline to sign 2010 picks, and there was no word on the no.1 overall pick, though there was little doubt a deal would get done either. In the final minutes a bit of panic may have set in for some, but most Nats fans who sat through the Aaron Crow negotiations in 2008 and the Stephen Strasburg talks last season were prepared, but maybe not for the source of the first reports that a deal was done:
@JimBowdenXMFOX: "Nationals and Bryce Harper have agreed to terms...waiting on final numbers and details."
BOWDEN!!
The Nats made the news official several minutes later, with an official @NatsTownNews release which read, "#Nationals agree to terms on a major league contract with OF Bryce Harper, 1st overall selection in 2010 First-Year Player Draft." There are reports that it's a 5-year deal at somewhere around $9.9M dollars, not yet confirmed....
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AP has reported $9.9M
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.
Rob
"Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection." -- Red Smith
Imagine:
Harper hits 30 HR in 2013, and gets paid $750,000.
I could live with that.
Rob
"Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection." -- Red Smith
I definitely could like with that.
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I'd prefer it he hit 100 doubles instead
Arbiters don’t pay attention to that.
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Just don't let him record any saves...
"And everybody lived happily ever after. Except the Phillies and the Mets. The End." --Sasskuash
Friend of Dukes and Desmond #3
Just added that too, from Tim Brown at Yahoo...
And from the Twitterers, Kasten hit Rizzo in face with Whipcream pie…
Vivian Jaffe: "Have you ever transcended space and time?"
Albert Markovski: "Yes. No. Uh, time, not space... No, I don't know what you're talking about."
by Patrick Reddington on Aug 17, 2010 12:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Kasten slamming a pie in Rizzo's face?
Mark Zuckerman MarkZuckerman
Of all the things I expected to see happen tonight, Stan Kasten slamming a whipped cream pie in Mike Rizzo’s face was not among them.
http://twitter.com/MarkZuckerman
I wanna see this. Video plz.
Needs moar dingerz.
Makes my life
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Sing me a song Robbie Ray
Most bloggers probably don’t watch much “Hannah Montanna” but Billy Ray Cyrus plays the dad and his name on the show is…Robbie Ray. Poor kid, he’s probably been teased for years about that!
That was the first thing i thought of...
when I saw his name. Yes, that means I watch Hannah Montana
Go Redskins! Go Wizards! Go Nationals! Go Capitals! Vamos United!
by SkinsWizStangs on Aug 17, 2010 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Congratulations NatsTown on your newest superduperstar
Also, your eyeblack budget just shot through the roof.
Rizzo said NO EYEBLACK the moment he drafted Harper...
Vivian Jaffe: "Have you ever transcended space and time?"
Albert Markovski: "Yes. No. Uh, time, not space... No, I don't know what you're talking about."
by Patrick Reddington on Aug 17, 2010 12:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Yep
And Harper will oblige
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They did a phone interview with him
Nothing exciting. Harper heading to GCL and instructional league.
by The Herndon Kid on Aug 17, 2010 1:05 AM EDT reply actions
I've got to say,
I’m highly disappointed with MLB Network’s coverage of the deadline dealings. Or, should I say, the MLB Network’s near-criminal lack of coverage. Baseball Tonight did a much better job.
Rob
"Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection." -- Red Smith
Yeah it's been so minimal
No talk of it until 1.5 minutes after the deadline
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I think the problems are 3fold
1) Bud doesn’t want a festival of agent supremacy
2) They genuinely want to keep the focus on the games tonight
3) They have almost no qualified personnel with enough college knowledge to intelligently comment on the draft
MLBnetwork doesn’t do minors but so well yet, and that hurts them a smidge. I’ll still take them over BBtonight most of the time.
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
It's hard to find anywhere with good college knowledge
Besides BA and Kendall Rogers, and maybe us over at CBI, and Keith Law. Not surprised that any guys don’t know college, the game doesn’t matter until June of course— unfortunate.
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Wow, 9.9 for a man that hasn't taken a single ab in the majors
wishing the best for ya, but still…

"Skillet, we just spent $64,000 in that bar. So we're gonna have to get jobs to cover up the fact that we rob banks" -Mouse Fitzgerald
Haha
Man Harper brings out the lurkers
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I had a soft spot for the expos as a tiny little lad
so I wish the best for ya, also strasburg is impressive but not worth 14M, I aint trolling, but man if these two arent the two prophets of the baseball apocalypse, things are looking very poor for the Nats in the long term.
"Skillet, we just spent $64,000 in that bar. So we're gonna have to get jobs to cover up the fact that we rob banks" -Mouse Fitzgerald
Though I hope they are
photoshopping epic beards on them will be most splendifirous!
"Skillet, we just spent $64,000 in that bar. So we're gonna have to get jobs to cover up the fact that we rob banks" -Mouse Fitzgerald
Strasburg has ALREADY earned his salary this year
Just with increased attendance and #37 jersey sales. So, yes, he IS worth it.
Rob
"Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection." -- Red Smith
14M for one of the most marketable people in baseball
And a guy who is already ace-material?
Give me a break— who do I trust, you or Nats fans that have seen him actually pitch throughout our system and my own eyes that saw me throw long toss with him in high school, pitch and become a man at SDSU, and become a legit MLB pitcher with the Nats.
Your opinion is your opinion and you’re entitled to it, but I think you’re calling bull.
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So, did you make a similar remark when Strasburg signed for $14M
without pitching to a single major league hitter? (??!!)
Rob
"Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection." -- Red Smith
It's been a great night for the Nats and NatsTown, so .......
(with a HT to Mrs. D for HARPERween):
P.S. Enjoy/hate the eye black for this one night only. Rizzo nixes it from here on out.
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. Oscar Wilde
Let's hear it for Eyeblack-oozing cyborgs!
Rob
"Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection." -- Red Smith
Beautiful picture
And also bandwidth sucking
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AWESOME !
This is super endearing to me as a fan….go RIZOO go !
by NewJerseyAveSE on Aug 17, 2010 8:15 AM EDT up reply actions
This has to be the weirdest line I've ever seen.
Hitting .203/.347/.284 in 24 games. — Kevin Keyes
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Love the Cole signing
Potential to be an ace, definite #2 ceiling behind Strasburg. I wonder if he wouldnt have fallen to the 4th if teams knew they could have signed him for $2 million (especially the Brewers after what happened with Dylan Covey).
Well Covey was a health issue, so I give the Brewers the ultimate BOTD there.
But the thing is, I’m pretty sure it was just his hard commit to the ’Canes rather than the money. Rizzo paid almost twice over spot for where he probably would have been drafted in the first round and a bazillion times more than his slot where he was drafted.
Cole may be an awesome pitcher, but we did pay a steep price.
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Who's Cole's agent?
I wouldn’t be surprised if some of this overslot stuff at this point is a way of getting around getting drafted to 6 years of what might seem to a kid to be MLB-Siberia. In other words, an overslot guy may look at what the Brewers are doing this year and say “naw, don’t want to go there too much” and may demand an even higher price with the Brewers than the Nats. I am completely talking out of my behind here, though, and feel free to disagree or dismiss.
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
by souldrummer on Aug 17, 2010 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Jeff Berry, good agent
And while I can see what you’re saying, every team passed on him for at least three rounds— so I’m not sure if the Siberia thing is as plausible. Otherwise Fielder and Braun wouldn’t have signed either. imo
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