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I wouldn't have given him that contract. I haven't seen anything from him, over the last couple of seasons, to commit to 13 years and no way out.
I wanted the Braves to sign Harper, but I was thinking a 5 year deal with an opt out after 3. I was pretty pissed that we weren't involved in the later discussions when I heard the Dodgers were coming with a short term deal, but for 13 years, I'm glad we didn't.
As a Dodger fan I'm glad we didn't give Harper the reported 45 mill per year on a short contract. IMO Harper is/was not worth it.I wouldn't have given him that contract. I haven't seen anything from him, over the last couple of seasons, to commit to 13 years and no way out.
I will reply after the Phillies win the world series!
As a Dodger fan I'm glad we didn't give Harper the reported 45 mill per year on a short contract. IMO Harper is/was not worth it.
Yep you're right.Plus, they'd platoon him anyway
In a recent piece for the Washington Post, columnist Thomas Boswell wrote some very harsh things about Harper’s time in the outfield with the Nationals — and at least one of Harper’s teammate agreed.
Though few mention it, subtracting Harper, while it will cost 34 homers, a .899 career OPS and some amazing hair flips, would help any team improve its attention to fundamentals. When the most famous player on the team can’t go 10 days without failing to run out a groundball or overthrowing a cutoff man by 15 feet or throwing to the wrong base or being caught unprepared in the outfield or on the bases, it’s hard to demand total alertness from the other 24.
“Write it,” one prominent Nats vet said.
Harper is a good player, but no chance in hell I give anyone a contract like that. I’m nervous that Kris Bryant or Javy Baez will have an MVP season and the cubs will have to pay that to keep them around.
most hit FA after their prime years, though this article posits that happened when he was 22, I guess.Hasnt almost every free agent already peaked before they sign their big deal?