PTOITWCFTPP wrote:What number will he be?

grandfather him in as #34 and say he'll be the last to wear it no matter what

PTOITWCFTPP wrote:What number will he be?

13 or 33 seem logical

PTOITWCFTPP wrote:What number will he be?

702

ek wrote:want to thank 702 and shadow for their, for lack of a better term, reporting. really great stuff

yeah want to say this too before the thread gets to 50 pages in a few minutes.

thanks you two!

momadance wrote:@Joelsherman1
Boras emphasized 3 areas why Harper went to #Phillies: 1. Length of deal to be in 1 place. 2. Middleton coming to Vegas twice to meet with family explain current and future commitment to be top-5 payroll team. 3. Ballpark gives chance for historic achievement (career .830 at CBP)

On why lower AAV, Boras: “To get great length, you have to give something up. Frankly the Philly ballpark had a lot to do with it. Bryce hits great there. And ownership (Middleton) flew out twice (to Vegas) and really went through the hoops to show how much he wanted Bryce."

still going through everything. this is great. and we were worried middleton blew it.

Ace Rothstein wrote:Gonna be the tits when he rings the bell Saturday Night before the sixers game

ace is spot on here

Boras is just a goddamn master. Ridiculously good at his job

Eem wrote:Boras is just a goddamn master. Ridiculously good at his job

Someday, hopefully soon, we'll find out what actually happened when here and it will be a great story.

CalvinBall wrote:

Ace Rothstein wrote:Gonna be the tits when he rings the bell Saturday Night before the sixers game

ace is spot on here

He'll probably be in FL

Eem wrote:Boras is just a goddamn master. Ridiculously good at his job

Him and Heyman are gods

I think press conference will be in Clearwater to get him into spring training as soon as they can.

This is a remarkable deal. Let's trade for Mike Trout. Let's not wait for free agency.

Eem wrote:Boras is just a goddamn master. Ridiculously good at his job

Don't think you the Machado contract is better than this one? Higher AAV, opt out after 5, still 300+ million.

BTW, ol' friend FTN texted me in November that he wanted Realmuto and Harper this off-season

mickbayne wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:

Ace Rothstein wrote:Gonna be the tits when he rings the bell Saturday Night before the sixers game

ace is spot on here

He'll probably be in FL

oops. read it as when he rings the bell. missed the specific day. well whenever he rings it, will be cool

Shadow wrote:Despite how our fan base treated him, might wanna send some thanks to Jayson Werth, he told Harper really great things about Philly. He played a small part in this.

We'd all be Harperless without him.

Eem wrote:BTW, ol' friend FTN texted me in November that he wanted Realmuto and Harper this off-season

now we just gotta get Phish to CBP

heyeaglefn wrote:What did your source tell you that made you not confident this morning? Sounds like Phillies were in the lead the entire time and nobody got close.

Bringing this over from the other thread cause it deserves to be answered.

I knew how bad he wanted to be on the west coast. Once the Dodgers jumped into it that was really a wrench a bit. You have to be careful on what you read from Boras. He will say the right things now that it's over. $45 mill a year for a couple of years is nothing to dismiss away, the Dodgers really did talk about finding a way to go long term but obviously they just couldnt do it. I knew there wasnt a long term offer out there from them yet BUT them just talking about it made me feel uneasy honestly.

The Giants offer was officially reported 10 years and the numbers will never come out but the money wasnt even close, which everyone kinda knew from the jump.

Like I said though if the Phillies had the most money they'd get him, aslong as the Dodgers werent close and they werent. It ended.

You could have talked me in 330 over 8

heyeaglefn wrote:

Eem wrote:Boras is just a goddamn master. Ridiculously good at his job

Don't think you the Machado contract is better than this one? Higher AAV, opt out after 5, still 300+ million.

I guess it depends on if you think Machado is going to make $30 million total between ages 37-39, or if the new CBA radically changes high-end payouts (which kinda seems unlikely).