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Major League Baseball 2019

SenorXm/Sirius said:
I could be wrong but I disagree. It's almost the first of the year and Manny and Harper are still on the market. I don't think many teams, if any are willing to go for 10-12 year contracts any more ..

I can see Harper going for a 7-8 year contract just so he can go to LA for a little bit less money.
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I won't try to predict. Nothing in Harper's approach so far suggests anything but a business decision.
 
Dodgers are releasing Bailey. Because he sucks.


Bucky said:
We will trade you Jacoby Ellsbury for Homer Bailey. The Yankee will eat half of Jacoby's contract the last year of this contract... deal?
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haymarket said:
Agreed. He will let top dollar for a very long length of time.
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It appears baseball salaries have stagnated. Players haven't been resetting the market. I do not believe Harper or Machado will get a 10-year deal...
 
Troy Tulowitzki signed with the Yankees.

Probably done at this point but if he can stay healthy and has anything left, he could help.
 
Bucky said:
Troy Tulowitzki signed with the Yankees.

Probably done at this point but if he can stay healthy and has anything left, he could help.
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He cost next to nothing, and his presence on the roster is leverage in Machado negotiations.
 
Jack Hays said:

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Bryce Harper had a 5-hour meeting with the Nationals.

Like I said earlier, Harper and Machado should really consider a 3-5 year contract with a player's option every year.

This is a soft market for the past two years. Until that changes, players are not going to get 10+ year contracts anymore.
 
Bucky said:
Bryce Harper had a 5-hour meeting with the Nationals.

Like I said earlier, Harper and Machado should really consider a 3-5 year contract with a player's option every year.

This is a soft market for the past two years. Until that changes, players are not going to get 10+ year contracts anymore.
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We shall see. Given their past practice, Nats are more likely to offer more years (deferred money) rather than fewer. I could imagine a 15 or even 20 year contract, with an off-the-field role in later years.
 
Jack Hays said:
We shall see. Given their past practice, Nats are more likely to offer more years (deferred money) rather than fewer. I could imagine a 15 or even 20 year contract, with an off-the-field role in later years.
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The Nationals I believe have offered Harper the most money...I don't think Harper wants to come back.

I actually think the Yankees can sign both Machado and Harper. They would have to trade Jacoby Ellsbury, which seems impossible but if they package him with Sonny Gray or Miguel Andujar I could see a team taking on Ellsbury's contract.
 
Bucky said:
The Nationals I believe have offered Harper the most money...I don't think Harper wants to come back.

I actually think the Yankees can sign both Machado and Harper. They would have to trade Jacoby Ellsbury, which seems impossible but if they package him with Sonny Gray or Miguel Andujar I could see a team taking on Ellsbury's contract.
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Nats are in good position either way.
 
Mark Feinsand of MLB.com reports the markets for Machado and Bryce Harper are "heating up" with Harper's return to the Nationals having "momentum building." In turn, the speculation is that such a move would then trigger Machado going to the Phillies.

All the reporting from the past several weeks does seem to point to the Nationals as Harper's most likely landing spot. The next line of thinking goes that the Phillies would be extra motivated in spending after losing out to the Nationals for both Patrick Corbin and, in this hypothetical, Harper. That would up their offer to Machado, and they would outspend the White Sox to land him.

This all makes sense, especially considering that it seems like the Cubs aren't going to spend a dime, the Yankees seem to be laying low for Machado and the Dodgers don't seem to be willing to go huge for Harper. From everything we've heard, the Nationals for Harper and the Phillies and White Sox for Machado are the most serious suitors for the duo.
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https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/...race-nationals-building-momentum-with-harper/

If Nationals re-sign Bryce Harper, Phillies will probably cave into Machado's demands. Yankees have become too fiscally conservative.
 
RIP YANKEE GREAT Mel Stottlemyre
 
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