I’m looking it as “did it make the team better?” Yes. Better him in RF than say, Aaron Altherr. If you want to keep it to stats, yes - it is an upgrade. If you want to be rational and look at the bigger picture to answer the question you posed, yes again - this signing makes the team better. Or do you not think a team…

One day in the late 1980s, At the peak of my wrestling fandom, I went to my dad’s office in Woodbury, NJ. Right down Broad Street came King Kong Bundy, literally larger than life. Apparently, he was always around. Like it was no big deal and he blended in. Impressively large. RIP

You’re right if you keep it purely to stats. Here are some more stats though. Now tell me the part where the Angels sold over 200,000 tickets in the first 2 days after acquiring him. Next, tell me the part where Mark Trumbo’s jersey broke sales records across all 4 major sports held previously by Lebron James.…

Right?! Did they not call that?

Objectively, I didn’t have a problem with either of them, but they leaned into their schtick so hard that they became caricatures of themselves. I do think either would have been fine had they been given a chance to evolve and let things breathe for a season or 2.

I suffer, that the commentariat might benefit, much like George Grenville suffered serving as Prime Minister of the UK in 1763 after the shocking resignation of Lord Bute...

40 bombs was more than all but 6 hitters accomplished across MLB in 2015. (Harper hit 42 that year.)

MJ isn’t charismatic, but nobody knew that. What we did know is that Gatorade made us want to Be Like Mike, and Air Jordans were the coolest sneakers ever. It may have been fake but MJ didn’t reveal himself to be an ass until his legacy was secure. Also: no raping. 

His unibrow isn’t talking. It’s playing Pictionary, and the word is “seagull”.

Pujols hit 40 HR at age 35, which is Harper’s age in Year 9 of this contract. 

In 5 years, he’ll be 31. Pujols just turned 39. In Pujols’s age-31 season (2011), he hit .299 (.906 OPS) with 37 HR and 99 RBI for a Cardinals team that won 90 games. If that’s Year 5 of this contract, sign me up! Seeing how Pujols hit 40 HR at age 35, if I get that 9 years into this deal, it is worth the years on the…

That’s where I was. Fully ready to go into 2019 in Pout For Trout mode. 

I’m in year 39 of 43 here. Don’t knock it ’til you’ve tried it.

Not obscure enough. That’s Kormheiser-level pedantry. Miller would go off about the work of Mauro Pelliccioli restoring The Last Supper in the middle of last century to overhaulthe less radical cleansings attempted by Cavanaghi and Silvestri. In fairness, I had to look up everything I just wrote. 

Good points, all. At this point, the Phillies should put a deadline on this. There are a lot of phantom teams out there, but no proof. It’s a very Boras move. The Phillies had no reason to sweeten their offer until yesterday. Arenado’s extension could drive this to $330/10. At which point, it’s take it or leave it.…

Killing it today, man. (Choice of words: intentional.)

Europeans give adolescents more freedom and responsibility in general. They can also drink beer and wine at 16. It’s a different culture.

It doesn’t matter that Euroball isn’t on the same level as the NBA. It is a chance to expose teenagers to the professional lifestyle. Paychecks, travel, adult teammates, money management, learning to live as a pro and treating the sport as a career and a craft. Almost like an apprenticeship. 

Yes. But where is he going to go from here? He’s got $300M as his floor. As ludicrous as the system is, the other teams don’t have to bid on him for his services. He essentially has one team willing to pay in that neighborhood and offer that long of a deal. There are no other genuine offers. The Phillies have likely…

Don’t you think some of this falls on a road though? At this point, $300M and 10 years are available. But Boras is being driven by his ego (and perhaps Harper’s), to have the highest total contract or the highest AAV. Either way, the Phillies are essentially bidding against themselves. Teams like the Giants and…