whoa. hope this is a joke.
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Heyman- Padres are pulling off one surprise (once Manny’s finalized) but here’s another shocker : they aren’t ruling out Bryce Harper, too. 110M payroll (with MM) is still lower than most.
Dodgers great Don Newcombe has passed away at the age of 92.
Go for it Friars. I love this for their fans. I am all for them spending to get two great players smack in the middle of prime years. They are bucking the trend of building either by farm or FA. They have both if they get Harper too.
That's the beauty of the whole thing - hope they get Harper too. They won't, but that's OK. The Padres have now spent more money on free-agents in the last two years than ANYBODY - Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers, whomever.
Is it smart based on the metrics? Of course not. It's great and exciting for their fans though - their ownership and management is trying to win for them.
Who gives a *hit about whether it fits the new model? Being concerned about that entirely misses the point of being a fan - it doesn't make you wrong, it just makes you a lot less fun to be around a lot of the time.
It's good for basball when there are dumb GMs who give out insane contracts. Hope Harper bends the Phillies over backwards or someone else signs.