etched Chaos wrote:This also feels 100x bigger than when Machado joined the Padres. People were shocked and it was big but it just kinda felt like the opener. This deal is literally the only thing anyone is talking about.

Trent Steele wrote:Good time, friends. I honestly never had a doubt and I believe most of my posts will reflect that. Maybe now we will realize that the ownership of our teams is elite*. Between what the Sixers have done and what Lurie has created, there is no reason to doubt anymore. We are a great city with great sports owners.

*i can’t really speak to the Flyers. I stopped being a hockey guy a long time ago

MoBettle wrote:

Trent Steele wrote:Good time, friends. I honestly never had a doubt and I believe most of my posts will reflect that. Maybe now we will realize that the ownership of our teams is elite*. Between what the Sixers have done and what Lurie has created, there is no reason to doubt anymore. We are a great city with great sports owners.

*i can’t really speak to the Flyers. I stopped being a hockey guy a long time ago

It's us and Boston for the next decade. Gotta knock them out every chance we get.

CalvinBall wrote:

etched Chaos wrote:This also feels 100x bigger than when Machado joined the Padres. People were shocked and it was big but it just kinda felt like the opener. This deal is literally the only thing anyone is talking about.

Harper is one of the faces of the entire league.

PTOITWCFTPP wrote:I think the Thome signing was a seismic event for franchise history. I think this is bigger and it’s awesome

MoBettle wrote:

Shore wrote:So, *IF* Arenado doesn't opt out after 2021, Harper makes $4M more in 2019, then from 2020 through 2024, Arenado will make $9M more than Harper EACH YEAR, then $6M more in 2025, then $1M more in 2026, then he's a free agent, and we've got Harper for 5 more years, $118M, or $23.6M/year. Arenado makes $47M more than Harper between 2019 and 2016. If we stuck that savings in a drawer, we'd be paying $71M for Harper over his last 5 years.

This is #$!&@ nuts.

I think Harper honestly decided that he wanted the team around him to be good, and that would balance out whatever money he gave up. Amazing. He has instant credibility with any free agent we meet with.

The Savior wrote:Also, lot of local babies about to be named Bryce or Harper. Dogs too.

Trent Steele wrote:Good time, friends. I honestly never had a doubt and I believe most of my posts will reflect that. Maybe now we will realize that the ownership of our teams is elite*. Between what the Sixers have done and what Lurie has created, there is no reason to doubt anymore. We are a great city with great sports owners.

*i can’t really speak to the Flyers. I stopped being a hockey guy a long time ago

PTOITWCFTPP wrote:Heyman said we’ve had an all time great winter

The man knows his stuff

BigEd76 wrote:https://twitter.com/MLBTheShow/status/1101241351193149441

sexxx

ReadingPhilly wrote:my thoughts on the deal:

Unbeleiveable amount..just to play baseball...while firemen and police and correctional officers are under paid

mtcal wrote:

MoBettle wrote:

Shore wrote:So, *IF* Arenado doesn't opt out after 2021, Harper makes $4M more in 2019, then from 2020 through 2024, Arenado will make $9M more than Harper EACH YEAR, then $6M more in 2025, then $1M more in 2026, then he's a free agent, and we've got Harper for 5 more years, $118M, or $23.6M/year. Arenado makes $47M more than Harper between 2019 and 2016. If we stuck that savings in a drawer, we'd be paying $71M for Harper over his last 5 years.

This is #$!&@ nuts.

I think Harper honestly decided that he wanted the team around him to be good, and that would balance out whatever money he gave up. Amazing. He has instant credibility with any free agent we meet with.

i wonder how much of this is middleton reassuring him that he's going to do what he has to in order to make sure this can happen.

Dan Mullen @DanMullen_ESPN

Think Bryce Harper's new contract with the Phillies is too long? When it expires after the 2031 season, the New York Mets will still be paying Bobby Bonilla for another four years.