What's your Harper Hunch?

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cardsfantx wrote:8/280 with LAD...takes a shorter deal to play where he wants/close to home

no idea when...dodgers have to move some stuff around....so will say 1/14/19
Why would he take an 8 year deal? He only takes that if it's front loaded with like 50/year for three years with opt outs.

Likely takes longer deals over shorter.

It appears that he specifically explained why he thinks Harper would take a shorter deal.

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Socnorb11 wrote:
Big Amoco Sign wrote:
cardsfantx wrote:8/280 with LAD...takes a shorter deal to play where he wants/close to home

no idea when...dodgers have to move some stuff around....so will say 1/14/19
Why would he take an 8 year deal? He only takes that if it's front loaded with like 50/year for three years with opt outs.

Likely takes longer deals over shorter.

It appears that he specifically explained why he thinks Harper would take a shorter deal.
Yeah I get that but why? Why wouldn't the Dodgers want to do a 10 year deal? And lower the payroll? It makes no sense from either side. Unless it's front loaded.

Oh well this will all be over with in a week or two.

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Big Amoco Sign wrote:
Socnorb11 wrote:
Big Amoco Sign wrote:
cardsfantx wrote:8/280 with LAD...takes a shorter deal to play where he wants/close to home

no idea when...dodgers have to move some stuff around....so will say 1/14/19
Why would he take an 8 year deal? He only takes that if it's front loaded with like 50/year for three years with opt outs.

Likely takes longer deals over shorter.

It appears that he specifically explained why he thinks Harper would take a shorter deal.
Yeah I get that but why? Why wouldn't the Dodgers want to do a 10 year deal? And lower the payroll? It makes no sense from either side. Unless it's front loaded.

Oh well this will all be over with in a week or two.
Everyone gets to make their own guess. No one has to agree with it.

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I actually hope you're right about it being over with in a week or two.

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Dec 31.
20 Years $1 billion
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20 year personal appearance contract after that.

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Hmm. I think Boras is waiting for a suitor to talk louder than anyone else in the room, per se. And I don't think that suitor is talking loud enough, right now. I think NY is a longer shot than Chic, or LA; and those 2 are who Boras would want fighting over him. (Bromance with Bryant vs hometown.)

I think we're talking about 10-12yrs $35m+ per, in between the 2nd and 3rd weeks in Jan.

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wart57 wrote:Dec 31.
20 Years $1 billion
LA Angels
20 year personal appearance contract after that.
The Cardinals, as usual, will come in second (even though they could easily afford to give him $1.5B)......... because they don't really care about winning.

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