Derwood
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opt outs have monetary value and if the value in dollars given up in exchange for them outweighs the risked value involved with the opt out, then it is good for the team if this is worded too awkwardly, here's a gross oversimplification to make it clear what i mean if a player would rather sign a 6 year deal for $200M with an opt out after, say, year 3, than a 6 year deal for $300M with no opt out, then the opt out is good for the team. what that dollar valuation is, i have no horsefeathering idea, but it exists. But it seems to me that from the player's side, if they are really really good for the first 3 years, they are going to opt out for more money, and you are likely to lose that awesome player. If they suck, they are NOT going to opt out, and then you're on the hook for the rest of the contract (see: Jason Heyward)
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Thinking opt outs are good for the team is an.....odd take
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I don't blame him for taking the sure money. He could blow his knee out on Opening Day this year and never come back to form and still be guaranteed his money. The short term deal isn't worth the risk
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...so you think the Phils would be better off paying Harper 330 mil over a 5 year contract instead of a 13 year contract or something to that effect? No, I'm just putting into perspective (for myself) how insanely long a 13 year contract is.
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Harper's contract will expire when I'm 57 years old
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It's only the 14th highest AAV NOW....you don't think there will be 36 higher valued contracts in the next 10 years? Especially after a new CBA? How many of those 14 will still be current 10 years from now? I should have said "historically", not "currently". Either way, with Bryant, Judge, Syndergaard, DeGrom, Trout, etc., etc. etc. all getting paid soon, Harper's AAV is going to look less and less impressive moving forward. But hey, maybe the total dollar amount is all he and Boras cared about
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I'd take that bet It's only the 14th highest AAV NOW....you don't think there will be 36 higher valued contracts in the next 10 years? Especially after a new CBA?
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In 10 years, his AAV won’t be in the top 50 in the league
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In heels
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They should move the Winter Meetings to the first weekend in March
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Well obviously it’s a trade and it would have to provide some benefit to the other team. I’m not sure if a random rebuilding AL team cares if they are facilitating the Cubs getting Harper if it means they are picking up a top Cubs prospect or two along with a player they can spin off at the deadline (Zobrist) or a respected clubhouse guy that can try to overhaul his offense in a no pressure situation while still providing positive value overall or even just a good team that knows it isn't in the harper market. zobrist at $12M for one year is an attractive option for a lot of teams. Zobrist's contract isn't what is stopping them from going for Harper. Heyward is an albatross contract that makes sense for no one to take on without considerable other pieces
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I don’t see why any team would help the Cubs get Harper by taking Heyward and Zobrist in a trade.
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Most Americans eat theirs well done with ketchup, because Americans mostly suck at everything
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They're all lying
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This great news* *for the Dodgers
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2018-19 Other Team Offseason Transactions Not Worth a New Thread
Derwood replied to Cubswin11's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I assumed that he wasn't Boras client, and it looks like he dumped him in 2015. Many Cubs fans think this gives us hope of extending Bryant, but is there any history of Boras arbitration-level guys extending instead of hitting free agency? -
Has anyone taken that juicy, juicy bait?
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Either Ricketts, Theo, or the baseball writers are full of horsefeathers about this, and I'm tired of trying to figure out which it is
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A) the Dodgers SHOULD be in on Harper. They have no reason not to be B) that said, they are only offering a (reportedly) short-term deal, which there is little chance Harper takes, so this is just Boras trying to squeeze a few more million out of the Phillies
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They have Realmuto to hit behind him
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I mean, you do you
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Kyle's doom boner just went limp Pfft. Kyle's doom boner is way stronger than a spring training homer. He's been riding the "Bryant's shoulder is destroyed" train all winter.
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Yep. Or the Dodgers. Or the Yankees. It makes no sense
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Kyle's doom boner just went limp
