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Breaking: Harper signs with the Phillies for 13 years, $330 million
MSN News ^ | 2/28/2019 | Craig Calcaterra

Posted on 02/28/2019 12:20:52 PM PST by detective

It took until the end of February but Bryce Harper finally has a team. He has reached an agreement with Philadelphia Phillies. Jon Heyman says the deal is for $330 million. The length of the contract is pretty incredible too: 13 years. There are no opt-outs either.

The match was a long in the making. When the offseason began the Nationals were reported to have made Harper a $300 million offer to return, the White Sox expressed considerable interest and the Phillies — openly crowing about their plan to spend “stupid money” — were thought the most likely landing spots for Harper.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: greed; harper; mlb; phillies
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13 years, $330 million.
1 posted on 02/28/2019 12:20:52 PM PST by detective
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To: detective

Thirteen years is stupid.


2 posted on 02/28/2019 12:22:40 PM PST by Trump20162020
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To: detective

Well...he’s young and full of talent.
But he’s gone to a far worse team than the one he’s leaving. Bryce has decided he wants to be the big fish in the little pond.


3 posted on 02/28/2019 12:24:04 PM PST by Artemis Webb
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To: detective

330 means ticket prices going up again. As the stadiums continue to clear out, one day, the leagues will realize their folly


4 posted on 02/28/2019 12:25:20 PM PST by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: detective

he will earn an average of $25 million a year.

Goodness.......

This 13 year contract will last until he’s 39 years old.

He’s a fine player, but, it’s anyone’s guess, if he will still be productive into his late 30s.


5 posted on 02/28/2019 12:26:12 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Artemis Webb

He is 26 years old—in thirteen years he will be 39.

The odds of a significant injury during that period has to approach 100%.

“Stupid money” is correct.


6 posted on 02/28/2019 12:27:00 PM PST by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Didn’t the Phillies see the results of the Pujols and ARod deals? Thirteen years? Really?


7 posted on 02/28/2019 12:27:14 PM PST by HombreSecreto (Ann Coulter - America's "Heroin Conservative")
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To: Artemis Webb

We will see, won’t we.


8 posted on 02/28/2019 12:27:16 PM PST by aumrl (let's keep it real Conservatives)
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To: detective

Sports salaries are just stupid. No wonder I can barely afford to take the whole family to a game the way my dad easily could.


9 posted on 02/28/2019 12:27:21 PM PST by BBQToadRibs
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To: detective

If he were a CEO, the libs would be coming unglued at this.


10 posted on 02/28/2019 12:27:42 PM PST by aimhigh (THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
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To: blueplum

It’s the outrageous contracts that’s making me lose interest in pro sports.


11 posted on 02/28/2019 12:27:44 PM PST by From The Deer Stand
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To: blueplum

True.

At $25 million per year, if the Phillies attendance is 2.5 million, (just to use round numbers), then $10 out of every ticket sold, is going to pay the salary of just this one player.


12 posted on 02/28/2019 12:28:17 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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It’s actually not a terrible move. You’re paying him less money per year than if you gave him a 10 year deal. And who cares about years 11, 12, and 13? They won’t matter, and all along you will be able to sign more players because the money is spread out over a longer time period.


13 posted on 02/28/2019 12:29:53 PM PST by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

The Bank will be rocking! Go Phillies!


14 posted on 02/28/2019 12:31:34 PM PST by cowboyusa (America Cowboy Up)
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To: detective

Boy I hope hes not married.


15 posted on 02/28/2019 12:31:37 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: HombreSecreto

I know, seeing what happened with Pujols and ARod should have been a warning to the general managers and team owners, that they have a big risk of getting burned on these long term mega million contracts.

Bryce Harper is a good player, and is just hitting his prime. But is he still going to be worth $25 million a year into his mid and late 30s?


16 posted on 02/28/2019 12:32:54 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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If he were a CEO, the libs would be coming unglued at this.

Yup.

And the libs will still say that the owners are "colluding".

17 posted on 02/28/2019 12:32:58 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: BBQToadRibs

Some of my fondest childhood memories are of going to ballgames with the family.

Baseball and all the professional sports, have geared themselves to the corporate and well heeled crowd, as opposed to middle class.

If anyone wants to compare ticket prices of yesteryear to today, adjusted to inflation, you would be shocked at how much more expensive tickets to sports events are nowadays, even taking inflation into account.


18 posted on 02/28/2019 12:36:22 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: thefactor

“It’s actually not a terrible move.”

It is a really stupid move.

They said they would spend stupid money and they did.

Harper is a career .211 hitter in the postseason. The more important the game, the worse he performs.

The Nationals should have traded him in the beginning of last year. They could have gotten some value for him.

This will make the Pujols deal seem like a shrewd move.


19 posted on 02/28/2019 12:37:22 PM PST by detective
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A lot less than I thought he’d get, after Machado’s signing last week.


20 posted on 02/28/2019 12:39:32 PM PST by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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