Bob Nightengale reporting that the Phillies are the clear cut favorites to sign Harper. Says Washington isn’t comfortable going over 25 per.
Bob Nightengale reporting that the Phillies are the clear cut favorites to sign Harper. Says Washington isn’t comfortable going over 25 per.
Would be pretty comical to have seen the return the tridumbverate would have gotten for Freddie, TBH
DirkPiggler (01-13-2019)
There's no reason it can't be. That's the problem I'm having at this point.
Yes, landing a Realmuto or Haniger's going to require an overpay, but who really gives a *hit? So long as you don't include 2-3 "extra arms" in a deal to get an important piece and overly expose yourself to injury because you don't have ENOUGH arms to handle a couple guys getting hurt, go get the pieces you don't have.
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
He could be right but Nightengale is also trash.
I wouldn’t have thought it, but the longer AA goes without a move...the more I think we could be quietly going after Harper. I really hope not, but that could be the case being he would take up all remaining payroll plus some.
Giving JD $23M erased the already small chance the Braves had at signing Harper.
It’s time folks wake up and realize the Braves are shopping in the bargain bin now with $15M or so left in the 2019 opening day payroll.
Machado to Chicago and Harper to Philly is an outcome I can live with. It's not ideal, but it's a heck of a lot better than Harper in Washington and Machado in Philadelphia.
"Well, you’ll learn soon enough that this was a massive red wave landslide." - thethe on the 2020 election that trump lost bigly
“I can’t fix my life, but I can fix the world.” - sturg
The fact is, no matter when you suggest, it was never a good idea to trade Freeman. The likelihood of getting back a return commiserate with his production was minimal. Our window is now and was always going to be now with the way our young talent has developed so quickly. Without a 5+ WAR masher like Freeman in the lineup, we'd find it harder to put together a winning team. And at that point, you waste the cheap years of Acuna and Albies.
Best case scenario from a Freeman trade is we come away with 2 players who equal 5-6 WAR. But it's way more beneficial to have 1 player produce 5-6 WAR than 2 players producing 5-6 WAR.
DirkPiggler (01-14-2019)
and that's probably absolute best realistic case. and that probably doesn't happen for a few years even from now - young players take a while to develop, and often a while to adjust to the major leagues. even top prospects.
if freeman is traded in 2016, the division isn't won in 2018. your outlook for this season is a whole lot worse. you enter a full-blown rebuild that doesn't have as quick a turnaround time. no thank you.
"Well, you’ll learn soon enough that this was a massive red wave landslide." - thethe on the 2020 election that trump lost bigly
“I can’t fix my life, but I can fix the world.” - sturg