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Post by Renfield on Feb 28, 2019 17:17:34 GMT -5
Oops. Double post.
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Post by Renfield on Feb 28, 2019 17:19:55 GMT -5
13 years!?!? Holy geriatrics Batman.
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Post by chiyankee on Feb 28, 2019 17:24:14 GMT -5
No opt-out at all, per Harper's request. 13 year deal!  Yeah, I just read that on ESPN. I am shocked at no opt-out and 13 years. Holy cow. Less AAV than Machado, but apparently his goal was to top Stanton's $325 million total package. Sheesh. Harper did sacrifice some AAV for the security of a 13 year deal and a guaranteed $330 million. We should all get to make such tough decisions. |
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Post by chiyankee on Feb 28, 2019 17:26:32 GMT -5
Just saw the new cover with Harper in the Phillies jersey...yuck!
YUCK INDEED!
That was quick! |
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Post by chiyankee on Feb 28, 2019 20:54:06 GMT -5
For those who need to know, the breakdown on Harper's contact:
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Post by inger on Feb 28, 2019 21:40:13 GMT -5
Good point, Joe. Also, the Angels could well be moving into a new stadium at around the same time, so it would help to have their by far biggest star to market. Trout is a historically great player, but I don't see him play as often as I would like because there are only so many hours in the day to devote to baseball, the Angels are not in general a compelling team to me, and because he plays most of his games in the Pacific Time Zone so only insomniacs like Kaybli and Inger can watch him on a regular basis.  I think I'm the only dude who enjoys it when the Yankees go out to the west coast to play their games. No, you have “help” in that category. I can get my yard work done and typically only go to bed a little later than usual, although sometimes rather hyped up when we win a good battle...and I usually only get through 11 or 12 innings if they go into extras... |
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Post by rizzuto on Feb 28, 2019 21:58:09 GMT -5
Wow...a 20 milllion dollar bonus check. Must be a delirious feeling.
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Post by inger on Feb 28, 2019 22:03:08 GMT -5
Wow...a 20 milllion dollar bonus check. Must be a delirious feeling. I once got a $20,000 end of fiscal year bonus. I damned near pooped myself. I think my employer did, too. And immediately afterward they announced that they would not be offering the same sales contest next year (or ever again as it turned out)... |
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Post by greatfatness on Mar 1, 2019 6:38:08 GMT -5
He wasn’t kidding
“We're going into this expecting to spend money," Middleton told USA Today Sports this week. "and maybe even be a little bit stupid about it."
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Post by greatfatness on Mar 1, 2019 6:50:25 GMT -5
I thought Harper was just stringing the Phils along, but they win the right to overpay him. What would Trout get if he was a free agent right now? Presumably this takes them out of the conversation if Trout becomes available next year, so that’s good news. |
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Post by inger on Mar 1, 2019 11:08:39 GMT -5
For those who need to know, the breakdown on Harper's contact: I’m dumbfounded by this one. I have a feeling that the Phillies were bidding against themselves once this got past year ten, and once it broke the $300M barrier...I think they went a bit stupid to make sure they closed the deal. Spending that kind of money, I would expect “Super Harper” the one that shows up some years to hit .330 or so every year. I’d also be pretty upset in the years that “Out-of-Sync” Harper hits .249...Not to mention the years that “Boo-Boo” Harper plays in about 100 games... At least he’ll be “cheap” from age 37-39...$22M is clown money, bro. If you don’t believe me, ask Jakie Ellsbury... |
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Post by domeplease on Mar 1, 2019 11:19:21 GMT -5
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Post by michcusejoe5 on Mar 1, 2019 11:20:41 GMT -5
I thought Harper was just stringing the Phils along, but they win the right to overpay him. What would Trout get if he was a free agent right now? Presumably this takes them out of the conversation if Trout becomes available next year, so that’s good news. Not so sure about that. Some folks I know this the structure of the Harper contract, keeping them well below the luxury tax puts them firmly in play for Trout. |
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Post by greatfatness on Mar 1, 2019 12:58:14 GMT -5
Presumably this takes them out of the conversation if Trout becomes available next year, so that’s good news. Not so sure about that. Some folks I know this the structure of the Harper contract, keeping them well below the luxury tax puts them firmly in play for Trout. That would be something. I wasn’t excited about Machado or Harper but Trout on the Yankees sounds nice to me, even given what it would cost. To me he’s different. |
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Post by chiyankee on Mar 1, 2019 13:00:44 GMT -5
For those who need to know, the breakdown on Harper's contact: I’m dumbfounded by this one. I have a feeling that the Phillies were bidding against themselves once this got past year ten, and once it broke the $300M barrier...I think they went a bit stupid to make sure they closed the deal. Spending that kind of money, I would expect “Super Harper” the one that shows up some years to hit .330 or so every year. I’d also be pretty upset in the years that “Out-of-Sync” Harper hits .249...Not to mention the years that “Boo-Boo” Harper plays in about 100 games... At least he’ll be “cheap” from age 37-39...$22M is clown money, bro. If you don’t believe me, ask Jakie Ellsbury... I think the magic number for Boras and Harper was 325 million, which is what Stanton received from the Marlins and was the record for largest total contract handed out. |
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I think I'm the only dude who enjoys it when the Yankees go out to the west coast to play their games.
