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  1. notin
    Reasonable assumption. I mean, they blatantly said that was the goal when they hired Bloom. They don’t have much in the upper tier of their farm ready to step in right away that we haven’t already seen. Will Campbell get another shot? Early start off in the rotation? When is Tolle back? We all hope these guys start next season out as MiLB depth, but it’s not necessarily going to work out that way…
  2. notin
    And even you have repeatedly said he never replaced Devers….
  3. notin
    So both signed through the same age. I know it’s not going to happen, but I disagree with this article and very much think Harper is a viable solution at 1b…
  4. notin
    I will go along with least amount of money. I just don’t think they care how many deals it takes to get there. But I also think they do need to put one big deal out there for the fans…
  5. notin
    And with Devers gone, JH now has to go long and large on someone else as a public show of commitment. As I’ve said a million time, free agency is all PR. You can’t call Devers signing solely because he was ladt man standing and then try to refute that simple fact…
  6. notin
    Devers got 10. Harper remains one of the most popular players in the game. He still does commercials, which is unusual for MLB players, has tons of fan interactions, and still just flat out looks like he enjoys himself out there. Not to mention, his path to Cooperstown is already complete. His biggest downside is that he openly advocates drinking raw milk, which will probably be how he dies. But that could easily be more than six years from now…
  7. notin
    1b: Harper 2b: Rengifo SS: Mayer 3b: Bohm Im combining threads.
  8. notin
    Like I said, I’d take him over Bregman or Alonso…
  9. notin
    I doubt DD uses BTV specifically, but every team uses a similar program. That deal I said didn’t work for anyone including me. But the other one with no Yoshida, no Castellanos, but did include Bohm? I think DD goes for that. No idea on Harper or Breslow…
  10. notin
    I think Philly taking on Yoshida to replace Schwarber nixes the deal. If I was Henry, I’d rather pay Harper for 6 years than either Alonso or Bregman for five…
  11. notin
    I think the mix is larger than that. 6yrs $153mill isn’t the rare air it used to be, and Harper is on the very short list of marketable MLB players. In fact, he might have the highest Q Factor tjis side of Ohtani. Not to mention, as it is a trade, Philly can pay it down or take back some cash. I think a Harper trade depends more on where Bryce wants to go than who else is interested…
  12. notin
    BTV calls Duran, Yoshida and Hicks to Philly for Harper, Kerkering and Nick Castellanos a fair trade. Not one I like. And I doubt Breslow and DD both find it palatable either. But it’s a fair trade on their system…
  13. notin
    They could also trade Harper to a team that is NOT the Mets and still sign Alonso and Schwarber…
  14. notin
    Agreed. It’s a harmless discussion for today and Harper will probably be in Philly longer than DD will…
  15. notin
    Think Philly would deal Harper to the Mets? I think they’d prefer to deal Harper out of thr NL East (and probably out of the NL altogether) and then use the savings to sign Alonso…
  16. notin
    Depends on the rest of the deal. While I doubtbHaper gets traded, the speculation is DD would move him because DD made some uncomfortable statements about Harper. So this is close to Devers Territory. A deal like Duran and Hicks for Harper, Bohm (on the block to clear a path for Aiden Miller) and Orion “Is Home Plate Over There?” Kerkering makes a ton of sense for Philly. No idea if Breslow likes it. No idea if Harper likes it. No idea if the Sox keep Bohm. But Philly needs OF help badly and DD did draft Duran and move him there…
  17. notin
    It’s Harper’s choice, so if he wants to stay, there is nothing DD can do about it. As for taking players back to offset salary, that happens all the time. It’s how the Sox got Hicks in the first place. Teams do it to get better players back in the rest of the package…
  18. notin
    2025 and (especially) 2022 were rough years for Lowe defensively, but his metrics usually run slightly above average. And he did win a Gold Glove in 2023…
  19. notin
    Might as well just buy him a Thank You card and send him on his way….
  20. notin
    Bryce is a lefty and Alonso is younger, but that’s where my agreement here stops. In the last 3 years, Harper has a 140 OPS+ while Alonso has a 130. Harper is a little older, but Alonso has always been the inferior hitter. We don’t know if Alonso signs for less than 6yrs $153. While I agree he is unlikely to get the 7 years he wants, that figure might be close to accurate. But with Harper, there is the possibility of Philly covering some of it (which DD has never shied away from) or taking back Yoshida or Hicks (or both?) to reduce the overall cost to potentially less than Alonso…
  21. notin
    What contracts has Breslow handed out? They’ve mostly (all?) been either short term or internal extensions…
  22. notin
    Reactions have been mixed on DD here, with some saying he now has to move Harper and others saying Harper will be motivated to show DD up. Of course these are not mutually exclusiveu. Not mentioned in this article is Harper has 10/5 rights and can reject any trade. So would Harper be willing to be traded? To Boston? At all?
  23. notin
    The question remains - why would Cincinnati trade Greene? They don’t have so many holes to fill that they need to trade their very affordable best pitcher. Lodolo? Maybe. Singer? Definitely. Greene? Not happening…
  24. notin
    Tucker below, well, anyone? In the last 3 years, he’s in the top ten wOBA, xwOBA, wRC, wRC+, OPS, and, well, pretty much any offensive metric you can name…
  25. notin
    By “bounce back candidate”, did they mean he was a good candidate to bounce the ball back to the mound one time in every four plate appearances?
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