Source: Bryce Harper picks a club

[fan_since79]

Major league execs also know that Miguel Cabrera is owed $154 million over the next five years.

2018 WAR: 0.6

[Dick Enberg]

18 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Major league execs also know that Miguel Cabrera is owed $154 million over the next five years.

2018 WAR: 0.6

He'll be 36 years old in Venezuela years come middle of April. This deal will hurt more than Albert's

[Taylor]

I like how this thread has generated legitimate discussion and more petty arguments. Classic AW.

[Lou]

7 minutes ago, Taylor said:

I like how this thread has generated legitimate discussion and more petty arguments. Classic AW.

[Angel Oracle]

22 hours ago, Angel Dog and Beer said:

Breaking: Bryce Harper makes a selection

He orders the veal marsala!

Wade Boggs says Harper should have gotten the Chicken Picatta.

[Angel Oracle]

Boras, Boras, Boras….did a year ago not teach you anything?

[eligrba]

30 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Boras, Boras, Boras….did a year ago not teach you anything?

Sometimes learning is hard. 

[ten ocho recon scout]

On 1/29/2019 at 3:42 PM, Angel Dog and Beer said:

Breaking: Bryce Harper makes a selection

He orders the veal marsala!

What city was that taken in? Pictures of dudes eating is usually the smoking gun in regards to where they will sign.

[ten ocho recon scout]

6 hours ago, Dick Enberg said:

He'll be 36 years old in Venezuela years come middle of April. This deal will hurt more than Albert's

Whats crazy is that it was signed after pujols, by a few years. Like they learned nothing from our bad idea.

[Taylor]

The good news: Harper was spotted on the 5

The bad news: It was in Portland.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

On 1/30/2019 at 9:40 PM, Taylor said:

The good news: Harper was spotted on the 5

The bad news: It was in Portland.

So he's signing with the Hillsboro Hops?

[Taylor]

On 2/2/2019 at 9:11 PM, Vegas Halo Fan said:

So he's signing with the Hillsboro Hops?

He has a rabbit named Hops, so it's likely.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

7 hours ago, Taylor said:

He has a rabbit named Hops, so it's likely.

That's a clown statement, bro.

[Chuck]

On 1/29/2019 at 12:15 PM, Taylor said:

I changed my vote to a Thanks to make sure every AW Reaction was exercised. 

You've now been entered into AW history books, @Taylor. Lol

 

[eligrba]

Bryce Harper during this off-season.

[Taylor]

10 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

I changed my vote to a Thanks to make sure every AW Reaction was exercised. 

You've now been entered into AW history books, @Taylor. Lol

I'm honored!

[Taylor]

On 2/16/2019 at 5:36 AM, Chuckster70 said:

I changed my vote to a Thanks to make sure every AW Reaction was exercised. 

You've now been entered into AW history books, @Taylor. Lol

 

Highlight of my life.

[failos]

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

Highlight of my life.

I was recently honored which that distinction…I guess you did it first.

[Taylor]

6 minutes ago, failos said:

I was recently honored which that distinction…I guess you did it first.

Well said.

[failos]

5 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Well said.

Dammit…haven’t had my coffee yet

[Angelsjunky]

Remember when Harper was going to surpass Trout?

Harper's a really good player, but has settled in as a 4-5 WAR guy - a lesser star at best. Might be the most overrated player in baseball.

[JustATroutFan]

1 hour ago, Angelsjunky said:

Remember when Harper was going to surpass Trout?

Harper's a really good player, but has settled in as a 4-5 WAR guy - a lesser star at best. Might be the most overrated player in baseball.

Any talk of him being on Trout's level has really been dead for about 5 years now. Harper started off in 2016 where he left off in 2015 and then the series where Maddon walked the guy six times in a game started his downfall and people were making that excuse of him being walked a lot as the reason for the guy as to why he had stopped hitting. Trout gets walked a lot and he is still a superstar as a hitter. Harper in 2015 was like what Betts was in 2018, a hitter who has a fluky hitting season. Many people have been saying that Betts is no doubt the second best player in all of baseball. Was he ever really the second best player in MLB? Since 2016, when he was runner-up to Trout in the AL MVP voting, there has been guys who people might put ahead of him at some point like Altuve (don't get too offended, I cheated back during my years of education and didn't get caught multiple times), Scherzer, deGrom, Kluber (pitched at a superstar level for three straight years from 2016-2018, including an ERA+ over 200 (!) in 2017), and Yelich.  I'm not even going to put Donaldson's 2015 season down as a fluke because he was still a great hitter in 2016. A case could be made that Donaldson was better in 2016 than he was in 2015. His 2016 OBP was better than it was in 2015, as was his OPS and OPS+. Trout posted an OPS+ of 168, 179, 168, 173, 186, 198, and 185 (Baseball Reference now has him at 180 for some reason that I can't say) from 2012-2019, which is outstanding. Yeah, Trout's greatness is there every single season since 2012. 

Trout's going to remain the clear-cut best player in all of baseball, which he's been since after 2013 until someone can be better than than him for about 2-3 years. Or Trout finally has that one "bad season" where he puts up something like a .270/.360/.510 slash line while another player has another great season, especially with the bat.