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Why Haven't Bryce Harper & Manny Machado Signed Yet?
Posted on 2/13/19 at 1:59 pm
Posted on 2/13/19 at 1:59 pm
Are they waiting each other out? Never thought they would still be unsigned at the start of Spring Training.
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Posted on 2/13/19 at 1:59 pm to KCT
Nobody wants to pay them what they want to make.
Posted on 2/13/19 at 2:00 pm to KCT
They're waiting for teams to cave and give them 10 years, teams are waiting for them to cave and take 3 years
Posted on 2/13/19 at 2:01 pm to KCT
They not good enough to make the money they want!
Posted on 2/13/19 at 2:05 pm to KCT
Because they want a billion dollars between the two of them.
Posted on 2/13/19 at 2:07 pm to KCT
Owners/GMs have finally gotten smart and decided to stop paying guys based on past performance and are paying for future performance now.
It seems like watching the end of the Pujols deal cripple the Angels is opening some eyes.
It seems like watching the end of the Pujols deal cripple the Angels is opening some eyes.
Posted on 2/13/19 at 2:15 pm to KCT
They're waiting for Arenado to sign now
Posted on 2/13/19 at 2:16 pm to VADawg
They are 26 
Posted on 2/13/19 at 2:19 pm to VADawg
frick giving out 10 year deals to players that want 50mil a year. Thats just ignorant imo unless you have a player of Barry Bonds ability. Mike Trout is the only player I can think of right now that warrants it. Harper is too damn inconsistent.
Posted on 2/13/19 at 2:19 pm to lsuguy84
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They're waiting for Arenado to sign now
So butthurt about this. Rumor was that Texas was going to pay whatever it took to get him next offseason.
Posted on 2/13/19 at 2:23 pm to AUCE05
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They are 26
Sure but even when accounting for prime age there is a very substantial chance, perhaps a likelihood, that teams won't get the benefit of their bargain at the discussed prices.
Plus both of them have probably harmed themselves some. Machado is a douche and Harper averaged like 2.5 war a season in the last three years. Plus Harper turned down 10/300m, so I struggle to see how this is an MLB problem (not saying this is your position but it's out there).
Posted on 2/13/19 at 2:27 pm to Pettifogger
MLB players aren't considered in their prime years until 28. That would give any club 7 prime years of statistics, and 3 highly productive years for good measure. To act like this is a 32 year old asking for a 10 year deal is laughable.
Posted on 2/13/19 at 2:29 pm to AUCE05
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They are 26
Which means theyll be 36 by the time the deal is done. What if they start to decline at 31? Harpee already isnt worth even close to what he’s asking for. IMO, he’s not even worth what the Nats already offered him.
Posted on 2/13/19 at 2:30 pm to AUCE05
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They are 26
And? Will they be worth $40MM+ a year when they're 35? How often have players that have signed these mega long-term contracts been that valuable at the tail end of those contracts? When have those contracts ever been beneficial to the franchise that gave them? It's a business. Players are only worth what someone is willing to pay them. If no franchise is willing to offer a 10 year deal for upwards of a half a billion dollars, then they're not worth that much money.
Not to mention Harper isn't even worth that much right now IMO.
This post was edited on 2/13/19 at 2:32 pm
Posted on 2/13/19 at 2:31 pm to KCT
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Why Haven't Bryce Harper & Manny Machado Signed Yet?
They're waiting to sign with the AAB once it starts up.
Posted on 2/13/19 at 2:34 pm to KCT
because lebron and rich paul are pushing them to sign with the lakers
Posted on 2/13/19 at 2:34 pm to AUCE05
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MLB players aren't considered in their prime years until 28. That would give any club 7 prime years of statistics, and 3 highly productive years for good measure. To act like this is a 32 year old asking for a 10 year deal is laughable.
We're not, or at least I'm not.
We're correctly noting that prolonged mega deals bust often, and that even at prime ages they're extremely risky and are colossal anchors for all but a handful of teams.
Posted on 2/13/19 at 2:37 pm to Pettifogger
That's plausible. Keep in mind Harper brings indirect revenue streams like most star athletes do.
Posted on 2/13/19 at 3:06 pm to AUCE05
I feel like Aaron NOLA got ripped. 4/45mil for being an ace.
Posted on 2/13/19 at 3:07 pm to KCT
They want 10 years AND at least $300m. They seem to unwilling to accept an offer that doesn’t meet both of those criteria.
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