Bryce Harper Holds Washington Nationals Hostage, Just like Stephen Strasburg Did

Bryce Harper and the Washington Nationals HAVE UNTIL midnight Thurs sign a contract. Bryce Harper is holding the Washington Nationals Hostage, though, much like Stephen Strasburg did last year. In Major League Baseball, there is a time limit Thurs Offering Picks draft a contract, and is the one Harper has just about to come to an end Thurs. 

Harper was the No.. 1 pick in the 2010 MLB Draft, and was Taken by the Washington Nationals with That selection. He and agent Scott Boras Have Been playing hardball, though, and not have the Negotiations pushed right up against the deadline. If the Nationals do not sign Harper by the time the clock strikes midnight eastern on Monday, Aug. 16, then Harper will go into the 2011 MLB Draft. 

This method of holding the Nationals franchise Hostage is nothing new for Them, Because it is exactly what pitcher Stephen Strasburg & His agent did Thurs Them last year. Those Negotiations went right up to within minutes of the 2009 deadline on the Strasburg Became the Well. A selection of the 2009 MLB Draft. Strasburg ended up with a $ 15.1 million contract, wakes up, at That point in time, was a record for a rookie Ken Eve had never stepped on a major league field. 

Now Harper was random along, touted as a great power hitter for the Nationals franchise, and some believe it Might take Even more money to get him Thurs sign. It's a troubling position that a particular high school student is putting a major league franchise in, and it speaks volumes to the need dependency of a better system for rookie Contracts in baseball. 

The hold-out by Eve Harper has led to comments by Strasburg, Shem pretty wakes up "when they suspect cloudy Played this game with the franchise. According to ESPN, Strasburg stated, "If they doesn't want to play here, then we did not want him here. If [Harper] wants to play here, who's going to play here."