Bryce Harper

[IntentionalHBP]

Bryce Harper

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

yeah, he exists.

[Warning Track Power]

 

I'd be happy

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Would make for one heck of an outfield. And Braun would be the most expensive pinch hitter in MLB.

[jerichoholicninja]

Harper? I barely know her!

[SeaBass]

Quality post

[MrTPlush]

I have seen the idea of him taking a 1 year deal...which I think is complete insanity.

 

BUT we would be a real interesting landing spot for him if we didn't already have a pretty maxed payroll. Handing Harper in excess of $35mil just wouldn't happen and clearly a huge long term deal is not happening.

[tigerbrew]

If there is DH in the NL this season, wouldn't mind getting Harper on a one year deal and move Braun to the DH. Our lineup would be amazing.

[coolhandluke121]

As much as I'm on board with the Brewers' fiscal responsibility, I'd offer him something reasonably close to the 10/$300m he turned down from the Nats. I don't think he's getting that type of offer any more, and I think he might have had doubts about Washington's ability to remain a contender.

[tmwiese55]

Yea, I realize it's completely unrealistic and all. But if all of a sudden the market is making his contract not ridiculous in a weird way there could be value in him. Like say he took a 7/200ish type deal with some backloading maybe with some opt outs or something. Still, I know even MKE probably can't do that but I saw SF is in on him now and it's probably for that reason. His price probably isn't at the absurd amount they thought at the beginning of the offseason.

[Warning Track Power]

As much as I'm on board with the Brewers' fiscal responsibility, I'd offer him something reasonably close to the 10/$300m he turned down from the Nats. I don't think he's getting that type of offer any more, and I think he might have had doubts about Washington's ability to remain a contender.

This pretty much sums up my feeling on the situation. Probably not the way to build for a small market but it would certainly be fun to see Yelich-Harper in their prime in Milwaukee.

[clancyphile]

We're talking about offering someone who has missed more that 25% of the major league season in three of the seven years he has played?

 

Hard pass for me.

 

For $30-35 million a year... I'd need to be sure he'd be in 150+ games a season.

[coolhandluke121]

I'm not sure there's anything more than a little bad luck with his injury history, but it's certainly a concern. Nothing that's career-altering though.

[clancyphile]

For Harper, I'd offer this:

2019: $35 million

2020: Team option for $35 million/$15 million buyout.

2021: Team option for $35 million/$10 million buyout.

 

$10 million each year deferred in equal payment to October 1 of 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026.

[TwinsBrewersWorldSeries]

For Harper, I'd offer this:

2019: $35 million

2020: Team option for $35 million/$15 million buyout.

2021: Team option for $35 million/$10 million buyout.

 

$10 million each year deferred in equal payment to October 1 of 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026.

 

So you're offering a contract that either is 1/$60 or 2/$80 3/$105... crazy!

[Dadbauer]

Been waiting for this thread. DO IT!

[coolhandluke121]

 

So you're offering a contract that either is 1/$60 or 2/$80 3/$105... crazy!

 

I guess that would be 1/$50m, not 1/$60m. I think it's out of the question that you could get him for that. He plays well and you obviously pick up the options, so it's 3/$105m? That's absurdly low in years. No way. Even in this market, guys like Arrieta and Darvish got $20m per year for at least 3 years when they were already in their 30's and showing alarming signs of decline.

[ThisIsMyCrew]

We don’t need Harper. Those contracts are ridiculously high, especially for the Crew. My moneys on Braun bouncing back and having a top 5 MVP year. Book it!

[HiAndTight]

For Harper, I'd offer this:

2019: $35 million

2020: Team option for $35 million/$15 million buyout.

2021: Team option for $35 million/$10 million buyout.

 

$10 million each year deferred in equal payment to October 1 of 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026.

 

 

Didn't you literally just say, "hard pass for me," because of his injuries?

 

 

I think Harper is a really good player, and it'd be great to get a LH'ed bat in the lineup who can hit 40 and post a .400 OBP, but I don't see this being even remotely possible. I don't think he'd take this and I doubt the Brewers would be willing to add another 25 million this year AND commit to 10 million per year from 2022-2026.

[HiAndTight]

We don’t need Harper. Those contracts are ridiculously high, especially for the Crew. My moneys on Braun bouncing back and having a top 5 MVP year. Book it!

 

 

 

Not sure if the MVP part was supposed to be in blue, but I do think Braun will be a much more productive hitter this year. He altering his swing and he hit into very poor luck last year. I think he'll help pick up some of the slack that Yelich will inevitably leave from last years performance.

 

I also feel good about Aguilar bulding on last years break out. He said himself he pushed once he started neaering milestones. Hopefully with that self-awareness and another year of maturity, he can become a productive hitter all year long. As long as he keeps that short approach and takes the ball to right when it's pitched away. If he does that all year, I think he could be a .290/.380/.500+ type guy.

[502 to Right]

I would offer 3/60 if I was Stearns.

[Roderick]

For Harper, I'd offer this:

2019: $35 million

2020: Team option for $35 million/$15 million buyout.

2021: Team option for $35 million/$10 million buyout.

 

$10 million each year deferred in equal payment to October 1 of 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026.

 

 

Didn't you literally just say, "hard pass for me," because of his injuries?

 

I'm getting old, but I'm not at the point where I am contradicting myself in threads on the same day. Usually I wait a couple of weeks.

[stalton]

This thread has got me wondering if anybody has looked at FA signing date, predicted stats and actual stats. I think back to alot of last year's FA pitchers who got off to abysmal starts. I know position players have a little bit more time but I would imagine the late signings would dampen things.

[wallus]

I would offer 3/60 if I was Stearns.

 

You must want him to completely waste his time then.

[CrewFanBrewMan69]

This thread has got me wondering if anybody has looked at FA signing date, predicted stats and actual stats. I think back to alot of last year's FA pitchers who got off to abysmal starts. I know position players have a little bit more time but I would imagine the late signings would dampen things.

We aren’t dealing with a huge sample but it seemed like the pitchers who signed late last year all had mostly down, if not awful years. JD Martinez didn’t sign until 2 weeks in to ST though and he was fine. I’d definitely agree it seems more important to pitchers vs hitters to sign before ST starts.