We Gettin Harper

[Centerfield]

The more I think about it, it's the only thing that makes sense.



If you're Jeff Wilpon, you can't come out and say you're all in, and show up everywhere and say all this bullshit and then fund the same payroll again. If Brodie really is a good agent, he knows how badly that plays out.



And the Cano trade. I think it was dumb anyway. But it becomes really inexplicably dumb if you then end up with Lagares starting. At this point, we would have been better off keeping Bruce.



Which is why this is happening. Jeff Wilpon flew out to Vegas and had an ultra secret meeting with him.



Besides. The latest rumblings are that Machado is going to the MFYs. Fred's gonna lose his damn mind.

[bmfc1]

This is what I want. Pollock also makes sense, despite his history of injuries, as he can hit and plays CF well but this is much, much better. Conforto in LF, Nimmo in CF, Harper in RF and we'll figure out Cespedes when he returns. Harper takes the Mets from the 3d or 4th best team in a very competitive division to the best (really, not just in BVW's mind). Boras wants 10 years and more than $300M so BVW has some work to do but he knows how Boras thinks so maybe he can make this happen. The Cano/Diaz and Ramos moves are incomplete without one more move and it shouldn't be a backup OF for when Lagares gets hurt. It should be Bryce Harper.

[Edgy MD]

While I don't share this notion, one thing about Harpy is that he's a younger free agent than most, having come up as a teenager, so not all of the usual caveats apply.

[Centerfield]

Yeah. He's a legitimate MVP candidate with an all around game and he is just now entering his prime. He's a good bet to stay at this level of production for another 7-8 years.



At the end of his 10 year contract, he'd be the same age as Robinson Cano. Who we just took on for 5 years.

[Centerfield]

I'm starting to think we're not getting Harper.

[Benjamin Grimm]

My Harper/Machado rooting interest has come down to hoping that neither one of them land in the NL East or in the Bronx. Ideally, both will sign with American League teams. Maybe they can both go to the White Sox.

[Guest 41Forever]

I read an interesting take in a column comparing Harper and Machado. The source -- who was anonymous, of course, since it was a sports column -- said Machado in a 10-year deal will give you eight All-Star seasons and one MVP-caliber season. Harper will give you five All-Star seasons, three MVP-caliber seasons and two "what the @!#%^ happened?" seasons.

[A Boy Named Seo]

I read this weekend the Padres are trying to figure out how to make a run at Machado and acquire Realmuto. The Padres.

[Centerfield]

I read an interesting take in a column comparing Harper and Machado. The source -- who was anonymous, of course, since it was a sports column -- said Machado in a 10-year deal will give you eight All-Star seasons and one MVP-caliber season. Harper will give you five All-Star seasons, three MVP-caliber seasons and two "what the @!#%^ happened?" seasons.

I'd sign up for either outcome right now.



Maybe the scout knows something I don't. But except for 2014 when he had the torn thumb ligament, Harper has hit 20 HR's and surpassed an .800 OPS every year. If 2016 (24 HRs, .814 OPS) counts as a WTF year, yeah, I'm on board.

[Edgy MD]

I think both those predictions sound ambitious. Entropy is a bitch.

[Lefty Specialist]

Mets are getting Harper right after my date with Adriana Lima.

[Gwreck]

I read an interesting take in a column comparing Harper and Machado. The source -- who was anonymous, of course, since it was a sports column -- said Machado in a 10-year deal will give you eight All-Star seasons and one MVP-caliber season. Harper will give you five All-Star seasons, three MVP-caliber seasons and two "what the @!#%^ happened?" seasons.

Either one of those is fantastic. Let's sign one of them pronto.

[MFS62]

Yahoo sports reported yesterday that he will announce his decision today.

Later

[Guest 41Forever]

To the Philllies, according to reports.

[Edgy MD]

Reports that began with a TWITTER FRAUD!



https://nypost.com/2019/01/29/phillies-fans-fooled-by-fake-bryce-harper-mlb-rumor-on-twitter/https://nypost.com/2019/01/29/phillies-fans-fooled-by-fake-bryce-harper-mlb-rumor-on-twitter/

[Guest 41Forever]

Edgy MD wrote: Reports that began with a TWITTER FRAUD! https://nypost.com/2019/01/29/phillies-fans-fooled-by-fake-bryce-harper-mlb-rumor-on-twitter/https://nypost.com/2019/01/29/phillies-fans-fooled-by-fake-bryce-harper-mlb-rumor-on-twitter/

Another example of Twitter's role in the demise of journalism!

[Willets Point]

Taking his talents to South Broad Street.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: Reports that began with a TWITTER FRAUD! https://nypost.com/2019/01/29/phillies-fans-fooled-by-fake-bryce-harper-mlb-rumor-on-twitter/https://nypost.com/2019/01/29/phillies-fans-fooled-by-fake-bryce-harper-mlb-rumor-on-twitter/

Now that's what you call Real fake news ... as opposed to the fake fake news that the [CROSSOUT]President[/CROSSOUT] [current resident of 1600 Penn Ave] keeps yapping about.

[ashie62]

As Harper and Machado do their best to screw their colleagues it has to be obvious what d-bags they would make as "teammates"

[LWFS]

As Harper and Machado do their best to screw their colleagues it has to be obvious what d-bags they would make as "teammates"

I'll bite.



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[nymr83]

As Harper and Machado do their best to screw their colleagues it has to be obvious what d-bags they would make as "teammates" I'll bite. ?

They are somehow preventing other guys from getting offers while everyone waits on them? Makes no sense. The next best hitters already signed. And how many teams are really "in" on them? 3 maybe 4 each?