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Harper a $10 million man?

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07:32 AM ET 06.07 | The presumptive first pick in Monday's draft may set a new record for money guaranteed a non-pitcher. [Bryce] Harper, who hits 500-foot home runs and covers his entire cheeks with glare-reducing eyeblack paste during games, may get a guaranteed contract of more than $10 million, breaking the record for a non-pitcher of $9.5 million that the Texas Rangers paid Mark Teixeira in 2001, according to Jim Callis, who has studied baseball prospects for 20 years. Strasburg signed for an overall record $15.1 million last year, according to MLB.com. "He's clearly the best player in this draft and clearly the best power-hitting prospect I can ever remember," Callis, the executive editor of Baseball America, said in a telephone interview.

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