Bryce Harper Sweepstakes
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rangerssharks414
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If you want to use the WAR argument, Harper has 603 less PAs than Rizzo, yet Harper isn't that far behind Rizzo in career bWAR. And that's with Harper's below average defense and Rizzo's Gold Glove defense.
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Ha
Harper has also historically played out of position. He's a center fielder and wants to play center field but the Nats didn't want him to so he could avoid injury.
Harper has also historically played out of position. He's a center fielder and wants to play center field but the Nats didn't want him to so he could avoid injury.
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wait, that machado groundout decided the world series? i didn't know that. i thought the end of the world series was chris sale striking him out on a slider that nobody in the history of baseball would have been able to hit.
"all i want for christmas is for my team to not sign a 26 year old entering their prime"
top 19, top 11 and batting average. i don't understand why you are the way you are.
"all i want for christmas is for my team to not sign a 26 year old entering their prime"
top 19, top 11 and batting average. i don't understand why you are the way you are.
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According to a person with direct knowledge of Harper’s process, the 26-year-old and his agent, Scott Boras, met with Nationals owner Ted Lerner for five hours on the Saturday before Christmas. Asked to confirm that this meeting happened, multiple people with the club refused to do so, a departure from their relative openness about their status with Harper this winter.
So nats secretly meeting with boras fwiw
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Also according to passan, theyve met multiple times
So nats secretly meeting with boras fwiw
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Also according to passan, theyve met multiple times
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Translation:
The market bitch slapped Boras and Harper with the reality that he's not as good as they think he is
The market bitch slapped Boras and Harper with the reality that he's not as good as they think he is
AtlantaWhaler
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Ha...Watch him sign in Washington for less than the $300/10 he was originally offered.
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I thought I read 300/10 was their initial offer and they may have upped it since.
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The issue with Harper is so far you just don't know what version of him you'll get on any given season. If you get 2016 and 2018 version of him for a good portion of the deal, then it's an issue.
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That seems like a Boras planted story to me, and who knows if it's true
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Do as you like. What they are quoting came from Bowden, for whatever that's is or isn't worth.
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Despite averaging 107 runs, 32 home runs, 91 RBI, and a .900 OPS per 162 games for his career, it's possible that Harper has failed to live up to initial expectations
With that said, baseball isn't like other sports. Baseball players don't generally peak in their early 20's like they do in hockey and basketball
Harper is still younger than David Ortiz was when he joined the Red Sox. He's still younger than both Edgar Martinez and Josh Donaldson were when they played their first full seasons in the big leagues
Whether you like him or not, he's currently in the midst of a hall of fame career - and he hasn't even hit his physical prime yet!
With that said, baseball isn't like other sports. Baseball players don't generally peak in their early 20's like they do in hockey and basketball
Harper is still younger than David Ortiz was when he joined the Red Sox. He's still younger than both Edgar Martinez and Josh Donaldson were when they played their first full seasons in the big leagues
Whether you like him or not, he's currently in the midst of a hall of fame career - and he hasn't even hit his physical prime yet!
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surprised his FA foray has taken this long
definitely gives hope that he may return although the terms of his return are not clear
BigBadBruins7708
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His 162gm averages are propped up big time by a couple outlier seasons.
Such as the 32 HR and 900 OPS is despite only reaching either number in a season 2x.
They are also propped up because he can't stay healthy only averaging ~125 games per season
Neutrinos
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How does playing only 125 games per season "prop up" his 162 game average?
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