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Yeah, the WAR part is pure opinion. Contractually, I figure him and Trout both sign 10 year deals or so, then give themselves one FA shot. Is Harper the kind of guy that'd bet on himself though? Yeah, I can certainly see that. But I think he'll still do whats becoming the industry norm and take the giant security soon. I'll say next offseason is when we get serious talk, maybe even deals done, with both him and Trout.
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A main instructor currently in the DR right now is Luis Polonia. Because Garvey had a better career than he did in the majors, does that make him a better coach? Do the Cubs not have instructors throughout their system that were once former players? This is all getting blamed on Hendry, but hell, he was a college baseball coach himself, kind of rendering the JC coach Harper knew his whole life kind of pointless in this argument.
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I ask because I have no idea about the answer, but do Boras clients ever sign long term deals before reaching free agency (i.e. buying out the arbitration years and a couple years of free agency)? Elvis Andrus is a Boras client. Carlos Gomez is as well, both signed longterm deals this offseason. CarGo, Holliday, Jurrjens, and Jered Weaver signed multi-year deals with their current teams as well. Cano, Ellsbury, and Scherzer all talked extensions this offseason as well.
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Johnson hasn't been confirmed yet at Daytona, unless I'm mistaken. In fact, I'm not sure very many pitchers at all have been, have they? I'm a bit surprised/disappointed Ha is back in Tennessee and is keeping Andreoli down in Daytona. Neither is a big deal, but I did expect them both up a level.
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Drafted as a ready-made product, huh? At 18. That alone speaks volumes of Harpers' talent, doesn't it. Anyone else you can say that about, that proceeded to throw up the highest WAR ever for a 19 year old? I've got no idea what kind of response you expected when you're the one throwing out Harpers' coaches from 8 years ago, not me. If you don't want a shitty response, don't throw out a comment that guarantees you'll get one. But you using any sort of monetary comment SHOULD raise eyebrows, since you've been a leader of the "do more immediately" group, with the idea that we'll figure out the rest by drafting well and filling in with cheap controllable guys. In this case however, you're not willing to trade Castro(straight up, mind you) for a much better player thats even younger. And you're argument evidently is Castros' development sucked, due to coaching. Yet Harper, who's development you know nothing of, was obviously tons better. You're grasping.
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Thats putting a lot of stock in Harpers' coach when he was 11. I'm guessing you can back this up though......
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Ugh, Taveras for Profar could become a possibility as well. Profar as a Card would suck. Although it'd take away a main competitor for Stanton.
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Which is why this graph may not be accurate. If Harper signs a longterm deal, it weighs much further in his favor.
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On the other hand. Oh [expletive]. This could allow them to trade Profar for Stanton.
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I think he's likely worth it. But I'd prefer giving that kind of money to a guy with more offense than he's got. Kinsler for Ethier maybe?
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TT, I appreciate the graph. But it SHOULD be swayed towards Harper. He had the highest WAR ever for a 19 year old position player. Getting 46 WAR seems like a major accomplishment over the next 7 years, but I do think its hitting him light(I'm guessing you took Griffey's career? Haven't looked it up). Harper's also getting penalized by you playing him out year for year, dollar-wise, when its at least likely that the Nats lock him up on a longterm deal fairly soon, considering how its happening with almost everyone. I could see a 10 year, 225 mill deal or something like that happening a year or two from now.(likely backloaded) That would change things a good bit here, as would the idea that the guy with the highest ever 19 year old season WAR, could put up a few 10 WAR seasons over that 7 year stretch. I love Castro and think its fair how he was projected out. But I do think Harper outproduces what you've got him doing.
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As opposed to you thinking a 23 year old Starlin is evidently more valuable going forward than a 20 year old Harper?
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Dylan Bundy has mild elbow tightness.
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Well that sucks, in my opinion. But, my guess is they think Baez makes it to Tennessee fairly early. Which moves Alcantara to 2B as it is. Not going to get enough game action at 2B for either Bruno or Torreyes though, one will be DH'ing quite often.
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What's changing with AZ Phil? I may be mistaken on AZPhil. Wasn't there some stuff on him still going to Fitch and covering the A's though, at some point?
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Predict the 25-man roster on Opening Day
davell replied to Hairyducked Idiot's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Alberto Gonzalez is making the trip to Pittsburgh, in case Barney gets DL'd. -
I indirectly did. It's why I said I'd trade any 2 guys for Harper. I'd have a hard time giving up Castro, Shark, AND Rizzo. I'd definitely trade Castro and one of them though.
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ahahahhahahaha holy [expletive] I have to think its a PR move. Trying to generate some semblance of ticket sales, because with them going nowhere this year, there's no reason at all not to keep him down until they get the extra year of control.
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That's crazy. Where is he gonna play? They have Victorino and Ellsbury already not hitting for any power in that outfield. I can't imagine him being up without getting major at bats. My guess is he gets strong side of a platoon, with Gomes taking the small side. Their OF is versatile, they'll move some guys(not Gomes) into different spots when necessary.
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Baez and Soler placed with Daytona in AZPhils'article. June 12th is the date to keep in mind with Brett, for getting the extra controlled year. Damn, I'll miss AZPhils' reports after this season.
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Everyone realizes that. What are the expectations though? If Harper becomes a perennial 8-9 win player and Castro becomes a perennial 5-6 win player, giving up Baez (potential 5+ win player), and one of Almora (potential 4+ win player) or Soler (potential 4+ win player) is probably going to end up hurting you more than it helps you. If you do that trade 100 times, there are probably plenty of times the side receiving Harper wins, I just don't think it would be more often than that side loses. I do think it would be pretty close though. (repeating myself a bit from the previous post) No, everyone doesn't realize that. There's people saying they "probably" wouldn't trade Castro for Harper or only trading Starlin straight up for Trout.
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Spring Training Rosters and Injuries, per Arizona Phil.
davell replied to craig's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Since Brett has been back from his injury, he has had 2 plate appearances in a spring training game and 11 in minor league games. No K's. -
This isn't far from the truth. It's quite far from the truth. I'd give up any two players in our organization for Harper.
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DeVoss will be in Daytona, in all likelihood. While I hope its not the case, part of me wonders if Bruno is already in a utikity role. I'm sure he'll get tons of at bats, but I want him at a specific position for now. If Geiger is at 1B, Bruno shhould be at 3B.
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This isn't far from the truth.