Derwood
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Everything posted by Derwood
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To be fair, half the time I'm responding to Mojo, and who knows what the horsefeathers he's talking about most of the time
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I hated the misuse of LaTroy Hawkins, but I don't remember if I also hated LaTroy Hawkins himself
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Yes, I really should have gone to the police with this airtight tip from an internet stranger. pretty sure that's not what he meant Yeah, doy, no kidding
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I thought that dude was still around, but I guess not. Also: guess you should have listened to him. Yes, I really should have gone to the police with this airtight tip from an internet stranger.
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Remember EhDubya? He had the info on Jerry Sandusky over a year before the news broke From my PM's:
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I didn't do this at all last year, and you see where that got us? IN
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Playing their way out of the top 5 picks would be so dumb
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I walked right by you http://www.basenotes.net/editorialimages/originals/Halloween2016/Hannibal%20Carousel.gif
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I logged into the archive and found PM’s where Jersey was apparently stalking me at the jersey shore
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2019 Cactus League Game Thread
Derwood replied to UMFan83's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
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I think I still have some of those
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we've been reduced to arguing about the opt-outs that the contract of the player we didn't sign doesn't have
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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) if jason heyward's contract had no opt outs would he still be here, yes or no Sure, but that's hindsight. The opposing argument would be: If jason heyward had been in the top 3 for MVP every year, would he still be here, yes or no?
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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
