TheGoodBits Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 52 minutes ago, PF Chang said: You're welcome - I hope it wasn't Harper's last home game here but we'll see. Heard on the radio this morning that the negotiations with him in December 2016 started at $540 million? They didn't specify how many years but regardless it's hard to see the Nats going for that. $38m/yr for 14 years is $532m. $540m is probably a reasonable starting point. Both Harper and Machado are going to be over $500m given their young age. They’ll probably both have multiple opt outs. High 30m range per year is probably what we’re staring at. Realistically, Nats would probably only have to pay him for 4-5 years before he takes that opt out at 30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted September 27, 2018 Author Share Posted September 27, 2018 Agreed. Also with huge deals like this, it'll be what the Mets 1st did with Bonilla and now teams are doing again. A player will still get paid for years after retiring. So, maybe $5-$10 a year for years after his playing days are over.....for a decade or longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Had no idea PHI fell so hard.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cooleyfan1993 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Wow. Nats finidhed in 2nd! And over .500. For their faults this season, they did play hard in the final month or month and a half. Wish we could have won the NL East, but props to them for not totally sucking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Happy 162nd everybody... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Warhead36 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Lets just forget this season ever existed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Renegade7 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 If they want to win rings, Harper has to come back. If they want to go the young talent route, well he's standing right in front of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Harper emotional during his on field postgame interview with Kolko.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 45 minutes ago, Renegade7 said: If they want to win rings, Harper has to come back. If they want to go the young talent route, well he's standing right in front of you. Rings are not dependent on Harper returning, it would be dependent on what they do with the money allocated to him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 7 minutes ago, StillUnknown said: Rings are not dependent on Harper returning, it would be dependent on what they do with the money allocated to him Nah, man, this teams need talent. You want to talk about allocation resources, you need to start with that instead of trying to find a different young player with that kinda potential to take his place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 8 minutes ago, Renegade7 said: Nah, man, this teams need talent. You want to talk about allocation resources, you need to start with that instead of trying to find a different young player with that kinda potential to take his place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 4 minutes ago, CRobi21 said: This is a .500, they need more. All these guys should be growing up together, we have a core already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 29 minutes ago, Renegade7 said: Nah, man, this teams need talent. You want to talk about allocation resources, you need to start with that instead of trying to find a different young player with that kinda potential to take his place. Bryce had one of the better seasons in recent memory when he won the MVP, and we still didn't make the playoffs I want to re-sign Bryce, I hope they re-sign him. If they don't, that decision won't be what keeps them from winning a world series Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 12 hours ago, StillUnknown said: Bryce had one of the better seasons in recent memory when he won the MVP, and we still didn't make the playoffs I want to re-sign Bryce, I hope they re-sign him. If they don't, that decision won't be what keeps them from winning a world series I hate the "single player didn't put us over the top" argument. We don't know how many more MVP years he has left, and young players like that don't grow on trees. This is very much an overall talent discussion, trying to limit it to something like we'll be fine without Bryce because we have Soto does it no justice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 How is he not NL ROTY? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sinister Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 Kid is a beast. Look forward to both he and Robles for a full season next year. La República Dominicana! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 I’ll be furious if the Braves beat the Dodgers in the NLDS during this group’s first trip to the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 This Harper situation is a huge test of organizational quality. Keeping him is a must. It's a matter of prestige. For all intents and purposes, we are a new franchise with no legacy. Either we can be a team with the ability to keep our future Hall of Famers throughout their prime years or we are a glorified farm team for the real prestige franchises. We can either be the Mariners or we can be the Cardinals. In a sport with no salary cap, there is no good reason for a team that's trying to become a blue blood to let their best player in it's short history walk as he's entering his prime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 8 hours ago, stevemcqueen1 said: This Harper situation is a huge test of organizational quality. Keeping him is a must. It's a matter of prestige. For all intents and purposes, we are a new franchise with no legacy. Either we can be a team with the ability to keep our future Hall of Famers throughout their prime years or we are a glorified farm team for the real prestige franchises. We can either be the Mariners or we can be the Cardinals. In a sport with no salary cap, there is no good reason for a team that's trying to become a blue blood to let their best player in it's short history walk as he's entering his prime. Those same Cardinals let Albert Pujols go. The Mariners signed Robinson Cano to a huge deal. Not the best examples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 1 hour ago, Warhead36 said: Those same Cardinals let Albert Pujols go. The Mariners signed Robinson Cano to a huge deal. Not the best examples. Cardinals already won a couple world series with Pujols before letting him walk, and Cano didn't play his entire career in Seattle to that point. Your examples don't apply here in context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justice98 Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 Maybe, about to turn 26, Harper's best years are yet to come. But personally I dont see this as "must keep at all costs" situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 2 hours ago, Warhead36 said: Those same Cardinals let Albert Pujols go. The Mariners signed Robinson Cano to a huge deal. Not the best examples. They let Pujols walk when he was 32 and about to fall apart. They've had a ton of HoFers who've been Cardinals lifers and they've won championships. The Mariners blew up a championship core and have been a second rate franchise their entire existence and are stuck wondering what might have been. That'll be us in ten or fifteen years if we can't keep our own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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