Friends, it’s over. Bryce Harper has blessed the Phillies

[UndertheHalo]

 

 

Edited February 28, 2019 by UndertheHalo

[UndertheHalo]

Lol just give Trout a forever contract.  13 years. Holy shit. 

[floplag]

#1 its about Facking time
#2 intriguing that it went to 13 driving the AAV down quite a bit.

[Docwaukee]

turns out that all he cared about was getting to that 330 mark.  

[floplag]

So whats the over/under now for how soon they change from talking about the contract to pairing him with Trout? 

[Docwaukee]

2 minutes ago, floplag said:

So whats the over/under now for how soon they change from talking about the contract to pairing him with Trout? 

2 years ago.

[totdprods]

Hopefully Philly decides to keep going for it, and they sign Keuchel or (and?) Kimbrel and really clog up their payroll. 

I don’t think this takes them out of the running for Trout at all - might even make them more appealing to him - but it certainly doesn’t help their ability to pay Trout.

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1 minute ago, Dochalo said:

2 years ago.

Fair point...

 

[VariousCrap]

The bar has been raised.

Offer Trout 13/390 and call it an offseason!!!!

[floplag]

Crazy part about this is that when the deal ends he will be the same age that Albert is now.     

[Docwaukee]

Just now, VariousCrap said:

The bar has been raised.

Offer Trout 13/390 and call it an offseason!!!!

not sure it has.   that AAV for Harper actually lowered the bar a bit imo.  

If the Halos were going to pay Trout 400m, maybe they can spread it out over 12-13 years instead of 10.  

[Second Base]

You know why this is so incredibly stupid and pointless?  Because Philadelphia was where everyone expected him to go back in October.  Basically Harper and his super-douche agent bought 4 months of "look at me, look at me" time while accepting the same amount of money from the same place he would have gotten back in November/December.  

I actually have less respect for Bryce Harper now than I did before, and I didn't think much of him before. 

He's a jerk-face. 

[Bobster7587]

He really didn't get any opt-outs? I'm surprised by this. Would be nice if we could talk Trout into that too. 

[UndertheHalo]

We don’t know that they offered him 330 and 13 back in November though do we ? 

I think they strung this out way to long, but being in FA it makes sense to see who all the suitors are and what they’re willing to go to.  Again, I doubt all this was necessary, but it makes sense that it took more then a few weeks. 

[floplag]

4 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

not sure it has.   that AAV for Harper actually lowered the bar a bit imo.  

If the Halos were going to pay Trout 400m, maybe they can spread it out over 12-13 years instead of 10.  

yep, this, completely this. 

[Angel Oracle]

Ten years/$375 million for Trout sounds right.    About $12 million/season more than Harper, $5 million/season more than Arenado, and $7.5 million/season more than Machado

Age 38/39 season for Trout should be much more productive than Pujols' age 38 season (actually age 40 season?).   Trout hasn't had a crouched stance for many years tearing up his knees and feet.    He will slow down in his mid/late 30s, but certainly should hit at least as well as Big Poopy did in his mid/late 30s.

[floplag]

i dont think he ever intended to sign before Manny and that things really didnt escalate at all till that happened. 

[itsKnoppUitsme]

 Hopefully this ends the Trout to Philly talk!

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1 minute ago, itsKnoppUitsme said:

 Hopefully this ends the Trout to Philly talk!

It wont, not till he re-ups here.  If anything the AAV of this might escalate it 

[VariousCrap]

5 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

not sure it has.   that AAV for Harper actually lowered the bar a bit imo.  

If the Halos were going to pay Trout 400m, maybe they can spread it out over 12-13 years instead of 10.  

That is why I put 13/390.  That is a 30 million AAV over the 13 years.  If they go to 400, it would be 30.7 AAV.

 

 

[Lhalo]

13 years is a long ass time...

[Fish Oil]

So the 10/300 he turned down from the Nats was actually the best offer he would receive, haha.

[Blarg]

Hah, Philly really did come through spending "stupid money" like they said they would. 

[m0nkey]

9 minutes ago, Second Base said:

You know why this is so incredibly stupid and pointless?  Because Philadelphia was where everyone expected him to go back in October.  Basically Harper and his super-douche agent bought 4 months of "look at me, look at me" time while accepting the same amount of money from the same place he would have gotten back in November/December.  

I actually have less respect for Bryce Harper now than I did before, and I didn't think much of him before. 

He's a jerk-face. 

Was it offered back in october?

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

13 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

not sure it has.   that AAV for Harper actually lowered the bar a bit imo.  

If the Halos were going to pay Trout 400m, maybe they can spread it out over 12-13 years instead of 10.  

$25.38M AAV. I wonder if he has performance incentives.