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Dickie Hemric
CBA isn't expiring for 3 years - assuming it will be super contentious. But we got awhile, so enjoy the next two FA periods.
It would be stupid to sign Harper (or anyone really) for that money that long. He's an up and down, injury prone, average fielder, crybaby who was on some loaded Nats teams that never got it done post-season.
He is a top 5 hitter in the game right now - can we stop with these silly comments. Not much to dispute that, unless you want to extrapolate and say that 2018 is the real Bryce Harper and the previous 3 years were a fluke. He will also be 26 through the end of this baseball season. Could he have peaked at 23? Possible, but highly unlikely. These comments about him not being a great player are dumb.
Very good - not great - player. I would say he's a below average outfielder. Dunno about crybaby but certainly erratic on hustle and attitude. Agree about the money and contract length. Seems to me if I was an owner, I could sign 2-3 good players with that money rather than invest in 1 guy. That said, if some club caves, can anyone possibly fathom what Mike Trout would get/be worth ???
Strike is happening get ready. They are going to have to drastically change the young player compensation/control system. If the players union is smart they'll also fight the bonus pools too, but I'm guessing they will give that up for benefits for current players.
Manfred is smart; he knows a labor stoppage would cause long-term negative damage to the game (and the value of the MLB franchises which is the most significant element for the owners).
He has to be working with the owners to get creative about how to restructure baseball's financial system in a way that keeps overall player payroll in line with the traditional percentages of MLB revenues (51%) and then starts engaging the MLBPA early to discuss fundamental changes in the system to ensure that players continue to get a reasonable share of revenues.
If the players strike under the assumption that they are going to force the owners to go back to an era when teams spent irresponsibly on long term contracts for free agents in the back-half of their careers that just is never going to happen again. MLB teams have figured out that such an investment is an economic disaster.
Tanking is not bad for the game. There are always good to be bad teams. They might as well get rewarded for sucking.
Rediculous that you have a problem with tanking but are okay with watching pitchers flail away at pitches and have games delayed by all the switches it causes.
Might as well get rid of all drafts and any caps if you are going to reward teams that are already good with even more advantages.
He is a top 5 hitter in the game right now - can we stop with these silly comments. Not much to dispute that, unless you want to extrapolate and say that 2018 is the real Bryce Harper and the previous 3 years were a fluke. He will also be 26 through the end of this baseball season. Could he have peaked at 23? Possible, but highly unlikely. These comments about him not being a great player are dumb.
Ehhh I’ll take quite a few more than 5 guys over Harper at the plate.