Harper, nats avoid grievance hearing with two-year deal

Outfielder Bryce Harper and the Washington Nationals have agreed on a two-year deal worth $7.5 million, avoiding a grievance hearing.

Harper will receive salaries of $2.5 million in 2015, and $5 million in 2016 from the reigning NL East champions, according to a person familiar with the agreement who spoke to Associated Press on condition of anonymity on Monday because the deal had not been announced.

Harper, the 2012 NL Rookie of the Year, had been scheduled to have a $1 million salary in 2015, along with the chance to earn up to $500,000 in roster bonuses. But the Major League Baseball Players Association filed a grievance on his behalf over whether he could void the final season of the $9.9 million, five-year contract he signed when he was drafted No 1 overall in 2010.