The phillies ‘win’ the Bryce Harper sweepstakes locking him down to a 13 year contract with a guaranteed 330 million. Manny Machado having penned a ten year 300 million deal last week with the padres.
Not sure how i feel about this, Phillies have gone all out in the off season adding JT Realmuto and Jean Segura to create a monstrous batting order, but 13 years, with no opt outs. You are essentially hoping for 5 good years, 4 passable ones and 4 rubbish years at the end. For a bit of a prima donna. When jersey native mike trout imo the best player in baseball could have been up for grabs next year. Hmmmm
Harper pretty much a bust so far, phillies won’t even make the playoffs unless they can land some pitching help, maybe even a starter before the deadline.
The dodgers are ridiculously good, but probably need an ace out of somewhere to cement october. Otherwise its the quiet month after all star break, teams are waiting to see whether they are in with a chance or writing the year off.
