Grotewold wrote:

Warszawa wrote:

thephan wrote:

Phillies set up to hook Mike Trout after signing Bryce Harper

That is an actual headline. FFS.

Is it realistic to think the Phillies might actually acquire trout this season?

Herrera and Gritty

Massive overpay, better get a new deal from Trout first

heyeaglefn wrote:

JohnYeager wrote:I still can't figure out why the hell the Giants were so into this, they stink, and are going to stink for some time.

They might get better within 10 years.

Typically you are paying a premium for a player's prime years vs him from 31-39, but I haven't got what they have been doing for years.

The Sarge wrote:I don't know if this was posted, but the Dodgers offered over 40 million a year

Bob Nightengale


@BNightengale

Bryce Harper’s final offers from 3
Finalists:
#Dodgers: 3 years, $135 million or 4 years, $168 million.
#SFGiants: 12 years, $310 million.
#Phillies: 13 years, $330 million. No opt out. Full no trade.
No deferred money

Mets $1

Titlehungry wrote:

The Sarge wrote:I don't know if this was posted, but the Dodgers offered over 40 million a year

Bob Nightengale


@BNightengale

Bryce Harper’s final offers from 3
Finalists:
#Dodgers: 3 years, $135 million or 4 years, $168 million.
#SFGiants: 12 years, $310 million.
#Phillies: 13 years, $330 million. No opt out. Full no trade.
No deferred money

Mets $1

Deferred.

Giants offer seems to be a fail for not beating Stanton's total $.

Marion wrote:Did I miss anything?

yes, do you have 3 days for us to recap since your last visit?

Nice to see you!

Monkeyboy wrote:

Marion wrote:Did I miss anything?

yes, do you have 3 days for us to recap since your last visit?

Nice to see you!

Milty deleted his account.

Warszawa wrote:

thephan wrote:

Phillies set up to hook Mike Trout after signing Bryce Harper

That is an actual headline. FFS.

Is it realistic to think the Phillies might actually acquire trout this season?

Not *entirely* impossible if the Angels get the sense that he's unlikely to re-sign that they'd try to move him in July.

That said, with his no-trade clause, he basically dictates where he goes. And he could, in theory, tell them that it's here or nowhere.

Ace Rothstein wrote:

philliesphhan wrote:

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.

I actually thought this might be the case esp after he was immediately embraced again after he came back for the '08 celebration last season. He got one of the biggest ovations

Never got the hate there and never will

I mean, I "got" the hate. It was unjustified, but I got it. Fans felt like a scored lover for leaving them. Same way Nationals fans feel about Harper now.

If your wife chooses to leave you for someone with a better job and more money, you aren't just gonna go "I totally understand, he offers more, it makes total sense."

But it was still unjustified and shouldn't have been that vicious.

Yes, another love analogy.

MFP wrote:

Warszawa wrote:

thephan wrote:

Phillies set up to hook Mike Trout after signing Bryce Harper

That is an actual headline. FFS.

Is it realistic to think the Phillies might actually acquire trout this season?

Not *entirely* impossible if the Angels get the sense that he's unlikely to re-sign that they'd try to move him in July.

That said, with his no-trade clause, he basically dictates where he goes. And he could, in theory, tell them that it's here or nowhere.

He isn't a free agent until after next year so doubt they'd know that this year.

So I’m all in on a 2/50+Club or Mutual Option for Keuchel. Let’s win the pennant

heyeaglefn wrote:

MFP wrote:

Warszawa wrote:

thephan wrote:

Phillies set up to hook Mike Trout after signing Bryce Harper

That is an actual headline. FFS.

Is it realistic to think the Phillies might actually acquire trout this season?

Not *entirely* impossible if the Angels get the sense that he's unlikely to re-sign that they'd try to move him in July.

That said, with his no-trade clause, he basically dictates where he goes. And he could, in theory, tell them that it's here or nowhere.

He isn't a free agent until after next year so doubt they'd know that this year.

This is his pre-agency year though

Keuchel seems to have a 4.85 ERA in his near future.

rumored 80K tickets sold in a 3-hour span today

PTOITWCFTPP wrote:So I’m all in on a 2/50+Club or Mutual Option for Keuchel. Let’s win the pennant

That puts us over tax number right. I think we are like 18 million under.

#TBT 2018

How the f is there no opt out

BigEd76 wrote:rumored 80K tickets sold in a 3-hour span today

I will take the over

I got 4!

heyeaglefn wrote:

MFP wrote:

Warszawa wrote:

thephan wrote:

Phillies set up to hook Mike Trout after signing Bryce Harper

That is an actual headline. FFS.

Is it realistic to think the Phillies might actually acquire trout this season?

Not *entirely* impossible if the Angels get the sense that he's unlikely to re-sign that they'd try to move him in July.

That said, with his no-trade clause, he basically dictates where he goes. And he could, in theory, tell them that it's here or nowhere.

He isn't a free agent until after next year so doubt they'd know that this year.

Yeah, I know. And maybe they don't know this year, or maybe they have inklings (maybe especially now) and they decide to move him with a year and a half left like teams often do now to maximize the return as much as they can.

That said, with his no-trade, maybe the calculus is different and they just ride it out through 2020 to take every opportunity to convince him to stay.