Signing(s): Bryce Harper to Phillies (13 years/330 M)

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Trout is a CF.

Betts, Judge, Stanton, and Yelich are clearly better than Harper.

The latter two aren't MUCH better, but you can clearly see the gap.

Stanton.

Again, the gap isn't big, but he does literally everything a little better than Harper, except walk.

Can't really count Judge and Stanton at this point as RF.

 

[hockey20000]

such a bad contract goodIuck phiIIies

 

[Note Worthy]

Ridiculous. The chances Philly regrets this are pretty high I would say. The 13 years and no opt outs are insane.

 

[bleedblue1223]

They are going to regret that deal down the line.

 

[Dr Pepper]

13 years?!

Yikes.

 

[Machinehead]

Can't really count Judge and Stanton at this point as RF.

Fair enough on Stanton, but why not Judge? Judge plays RF every day.

 

[John Price]

Trout is a CF.

Betts, Judge, Stanton, and Yelich are clearly better than Harper.

The latter two aren't MUCH better, but you can clearly see the gap.

Stanton.

Again, the gap isn't big, but he does literally everything a little better than Harper, except walk.

saying Yelich better than Harper

I'll give you Stanton but NOT Yelich. That's a reach.

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

13 Years?!?!? LOL

 

[Machinehead]

saying Yelich better than Harper

He has 6 more WAR than Harper over the last 3 seasons.

Honestly, that's two different tiers.

 

[EpochLink]

Ridiculous. The chances Philly regrets this are pretty high I would say. The 13 years and no opt outs are insane.

Imagine paying a 39 year old Harper 25.38 million, I guess this is what he wanted.

Took it to the bank y’all

 

[John Price]

He has 6 more WAR than Harper over the last 3 seasons.

Honestly, that's two different tiers.

Harper is clearly a better player by miles over Yelich and it's not even close.

 

[PG Canuck]

Holy Christ

 

[brokeu91]

13 years? I think the Phillies might regret this signing towards the end.

 

[Machinehead]

Harper is clearly a better player by miles over Yelich and it's not even close.

There's literally no stat to support that, but ok.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Fair enough on Stanton, but why not Judge? Judge plays RF every day.

I consider Judge a RF for sure.

Stanton played 37 games as a RF last year and Judge missed 6 weeks in 2018 (I presume most of those RF starts came during that time).

My point is you can't list both as RF when they are on the same team.

 

[Kane One]

That’s a trash contract. 13 years is absurd.

 

[Machinehead]

I consider Judge a RF for sure.

Stanton played 37 games as a RF last year and Judge missed 6 weeks in 2018 (I presume most of those RF starts came during that time).

I see what you're saying. You would consider one of them a RF, but can't be both on the same team.

Yeah, that's a fair point.

 

[b1e9a8r5s]

13 years? I think the Phillies might regret this signing towards the end.

It could be towards the middle.

 

[Terry Yake]

13 years is already ridiculous but no opt outs?

yeah this won't end well for either side

 

[TheBeastCoast]

13 years is already ridiculous but no opt outs?

yeah this won't end well for either side

I feel like Harper will be fine at the end of it.

 

[Terry Yake]

I feel like Harper will be fine at the end of it.

in 2032 lols

i mean as long as he's fine likely going through a rebuild at some point and playing for a losing club

 

[bleedblue1223]

There's literally no stat to support that, but ok.

The only argument that Harper's ceiling is higher than Yelich's, but Harper's floor is also much lower.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

 

[Jack Straw]

dude the Phillies haven't made the playoffs since like 2009

That's nearly 10 years

By "like 2009" I assume you mean 2011.

 

[John Price]

The only argument that Harper's ceiling is higher than Yelich's, but Harper's floor is also much lower.

We went over this in the other thread, but the statistics just don't show that Yelich is better than Harper.