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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
That's more of a CBA issue. It's way too valuable for teams to put that guy in the minors for one more team control year.
Harper isn't Crosby...he's won nothing in his career. He'd be more like a really inconsistent Ovechkin...and with character concerns. There is no cap on the term or dollars he can sign for like there is in the NHL. So he can make crazy demands and let some team come in at the end and make a regrettable decision
Baseball needs a bit of a revolution to get young players in the league early and getting more money while they are producing as opposed to collecting after they proved themselves.
Most any year if you analyze the worst contracts in Baseball....they were given out by mid or smaller market teams trying to pay an Aston Martin price to buy a Corvette that's 3 years old with hard milage on it.
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Harper is a 26 year old MVP. Sure he's not Crosby, but he's at least Stamkos.
Yes, free agency always doles out bad contracts. That's the point of owning a sports team. To pay athletes stupid money for fun. And a 26 year old MVP with no major injuries is not an beat to #### Corvette. Harper is as good a player as you can ask for in that situation. The other choice is to make free agency earlier, if paying 26 year olds is too big a risk.
A work stoppage is in the cards. 100 legitimate major league players are unsigned as camp opens. That's shameful.