Harper to Phillies

[Tx Oriole]

45 minutes ago, NashLumber said:

The Man of Constant Sorrow.

But The Man of Constant Leisure is just around the corner. 

I've past y'all in the fast lane.

[jrobb21613]

15 minutes ago, backwardsk said:

What do you think of that deal?  I don't think it's a good one for Philly.  For a team willing to spend "stupid money", I think they are blowing it.

I’m not sure. They being the Phillies gave up a lot for him. Granted he’s one of the top catchers in the game still young and under team control for a few years relatively cheap. Time will only tell who benefits the most from this deal. I imagine with the Phillies looking to win this year it helps them and doesn’t cost them a lot finically. That deal however to me seems to be something Mcphail would do rather than sign a guy to a huge long term deal. Has he ever signed a player while with any club to a larger long term deal including while he has been with the Phillies? I understand ownership might be pushing him to do it but it just doesn’t seem to be his Mo and if not for ownership is it a move Mcphail makes?

[TonySoprano]

1 hour ago, NashLumber said:

The Man of Constant Sorrow.

But The Man of Constant Leisure is just around the corner. 

 

[TonySoprano]

Scott Boras wants to make sure Money Machadough doesn't have the record deal for very long.  His PR firm obliges

 

[Moose Milligan]

So what if Heyman get dirt from Boras?

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, Moose Milligan said:

So what if Heyman get dirt from Boras?

I don't think folks mind Heyman getting dirt from Boras, they mind him carrying water for Boras.

I'm of the mindset that he, to some extent, advocates in Boras' interests.

As a "reporter" he probably shouldn't.

[Moose Milligan]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

I don't think folks mind Heyman getting dirt from Boras, they mind him carrying water for Boras.

I'm of the mindset that he, to some extent, advocates in Boras' interests.

As a "reporter" he probably shouldn't.

Eh, yeah, I see where you're coming from but I really don't care.

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Eh, yeah, I see where you're coming from but I really don't care.

I just want to know if he is on the actual payroll or gets paid under the table and doesn't declare it on his taxes.

[jrobb21613]

 

 

[TonySoprano]

6 hours ago, jrobb21613 said:

 

 

Once again, Heyman plays the shill.  Fangraphs makes more sense...

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Scott Boras wouldn’t want the Phillies to think they have the high bid. The Phillies don’t want to bid against themselves, so Boras would want to turn up the heat. It is presumably not a coincidence that so many rumors are floating around these days, trying to jolt the market.

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But if the Nationals are out — and the Nationals seem very possibly out — I don’t know who’s there to realistically push the Phillies. The market simply isn’t strong. Which would put Boras in an uncomfortable position, looking at less guaranteed money than what Lozano got for Machado. At that point, Boras might prefer a record average salary over a record total commitment. Whether even that would be possible, I don’t know. But Boras right now is in a tough spot. If the Nationals don’t come back around to save him, it feels like he’s going to get a blow to his ego.

 

 

[DrungoHazewood]

17 minutes ago, TonySoprano said:

Once again, Heyman plays the shill.  Fangraphs makes more sense...

 

 

Shaved and clean cut can only mean one thing: He's signing with the Yanks. 

[Redskins Rick]

1 minute ago, DrungoHazewood said:

Shaved and clean cut can only mean one thing: He's signing with the Yanks. 

Maybe the Whitesox hop into this thing?

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

On 2/20/2019 at 6:16 PM, Can_of_corn said:

I just want to know if he is on the actual payroll or gets paid under the table and doesn't declare it on his taxes.

The taxman sure as hell might care.

 

[DrungoHazewood]

1 hour ago, Redskins Rick said:

Maybe the Whitesox hop into this thing?

The White Sox don't require you to look like you're going to a glamor photo shoot.

[Redskins Rick]

1 minute ago, DrungoHazewood said:

The White Sox don't require you to look like you're going to a glamor photo shoot.

Hell, maybe he had to clean up to attend his parents 50th or something, or maybe he was just spoofing the media junkies.

I dont see Harper going to the Yankees, of course, Ive been wrong before.