Phillies Sign Andrew McCutchen: 3 yrs/$50 mil

by **Titlehungry** » Wed Dec 12, 2018 10:20:26

I think you have to add these guys now since you don't know how long it will take Machado and Harper to make decisions and the secondary market, i.e. Cutch, Happ, closer might be dried up plus it shows the two big fish we are serious about contending

by **Monkeyboy** » Wed Dec 12, 2018 12:17:18

Titlehungry wrote:I think you have to add these guys now since you don't know how long it will take Machado and Harper to make decisions and the secondary market, i.e. Cutch, Happ, closer might be dried up plus it shows the two big fish we are serious about contending

yeh, it's just hard to know which players to add if you don't know which of the big two you'll get. I guess they can always deal the excess and that's been my preference.

by **Eem** » Wed Dec 12, 2018 12:24:34

It's so simple. If they add Machado or Harper this signing looks amazing

by **Titlehungry** » Wed Dec 12, 2018 12:32:16

If we still playing with Monopoly money, then I'd go out today and sign Keuchel and Britton... stay in the headlines, make Harper and Machado think about us as much as possible

by **heyeaglefn** » Wed Dec 12, 2018 12:33:12

Eem wrote:It's so simple. If they add Machado or Harper this signing looks amazing

I think it was the Santana signing last year where everyone said another shoe had to drop, but sometimes it doesn't happen. Hopefully it happens this time.

by **BigEd76** » Wed Dec 12, 2018 12:49:44

JonHeyman
Mets inquired on Andrew McCutchen before he went to Philly. Weren’t going to be in the 50M ballpark, however.

by **MoBettle** » Wed Dec 12, 2018 12:51:13

Monkeyboy wrote:
Titlehungry wrote:I think you have to add these guys now since you don't know how long it will take Machado and Harper to make decisions and the secondary market, i.e. Cutch, Happ, closer might be dried up plus it shows the two big fish we are serious about contending

yeh, it's just hard to know which players to add if you don't know which of the big two you'll get. I guess they can always deal the excess and that's been my preference.

Yeah if you sign Machado just trade Franco if you sign. Harper trade one of the OFs. No reason it can’t be resolved before camp.

by **bleh** » Wed Dec 12, 2018 13:35:16

These are the biggest free agent signings and the month they signed...

Cano $240M Dec 2015
Pujols $240M Dec 2011
Price $217M Dec 2015
Scherzer $210M Jan 2015
Greinke $206M Dec 2015
Heyward $184M Dec 2015
Lester $155M Dec 2014

I don't see Harper or Machado taking much longer. They have plenty of suitors who are willing to give them a ton of money.

by **heyeaglefn** » Wed Dec 12, 2018 13:41:26

Still 19 days left in December

by **smitty** » Wed Dec 12, 2018 14:48:44

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, every where you go. What will Santa Middleton bring us?

by **heyeaglefn** » Wed Dec 12, 2018 14:51:33

smitty wrote:It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, every where you go. What will Santa Middleton bring us?

Not Coal Hamels

by **Grotewold** » Wed Dec 12, 2018 14:52:41

Yankees fan at work laughing about how McCutchen (and Britton and Happ) are "washed."

Rage

by **Bucky** » Wed Dec 12, 2018 15:32:28

heyeaglefn wrote:Still 19 days left in December

and 31 in january

unless 2019 is a quadruple leap year

by **Werthless** » Wed Dec 12, 2018 16:11:34

Grotewold wrote:Yankees fan at work laughing about how McCutchen (and Britton and Happ) are "washed."

Rage

Ellsbury will be paid $47m for the next 2 years of sitting on the bench.

by **BigEd76** » Wed Dec 12, 2018 22:54:06

As expected, Clark met him at the airport

by **SixerLed3** » Thu Dec 13, 2018 11:08:27

@Ken_Rosenthal
Per source, McCutchen deal with #Phillies is back-loaded: $10M in 2019, $17M in 2020, $20M in 2021, plus $15M club option or $3M buyout for 2022.

https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/statu ... 8826270721

by **76erfan** » Thu Dec 13, 2018 11:10:48

no excuse to not spend like crazy now with that deferral

by **WilliamC** » Thu Dec 13, 2018 11:13:55

76erfan wrote:no excuse to not spend like crazy now with that deferral

That's exactly what it has to be. I'd think. Let it rain.

by **TempleFan22** » Thu Dec 13, 2018 11:20:36

So I guess the plan would be to offer Machado something like 40 million year 1.

by **Monkeyboy** » Thu Dec 13, 2018 11:42:26

Hmmm, if they plan to sign machado/harper, why would they backload it when our homegrown guys will need to be signed at that point. I know it's AAV that counts, but I don't get why they would make it that way unless they plan to sign both Machado and Harper for big money with 2 year buyouts or they plan to overpay for a bunch of 2nd tier guys on 2 year contracts. I'm tired, so I'm probably missing something.

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