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10 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:

Well at least by a-ball you filter out some of the 2nd rounders who can't even get that far. I mean, think about our A-ball team this year, if we were a better team wouldn't you part with one of those OFs for a month of Harper?

No, I’d rather have a 2nd round pick than Dedelow or Frost.  If you’re talking about Rutherford, Adolfo, Gonzalez, etc. those guys are top 100/fringe top 100 and would not classify as a lottery ticket under any definition.

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1 hour ago, soxfan49 said:

What was the point of WASH holding onto Harper? There's virtually no chance he signs an extension there, so why not deal him?

If the got offered less than the value of a mid first round pick to an early second round pick, there was no reason to let him go for nothing.

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2 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

If the got offered less than the value of a mid first round pick to an early second round pick, there was no reason to let him go for nothing.

I also like the theory of the Dodgers throwing in a block on a potential playoff opponent knowing that they would likely go over if they took on his salary, something the Nats wouldn't just do. Would have been interesting to see them blink and let him go as a claim and the Dodgers finishing the year over the luxury tax, something they were trying to reset this year.

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3 minutes ago, soxfan2014 said:

I also like the theory of the Dodgers throwing in a block on a potential playoff opponent knowing that they would likely go over if they took on his salary, something the Nats wouldn't just do. Would have been interesting to see them blink and let him go as a claim and the Dodgers finishing the year over the luxury tax, something they were trying to reset this year.

Looks like Harper has somewhere around $5 million left to be paid this year.  Their payroll looks to be $194.2 million at this point for the 2018 season.  Not sure how accurate that is, as it comes from Sportrac, but that would have put them over the $197 million figure from the looks of it.

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19 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

Looks like Harper has somewhere around $5 million left to be paid this year.  Their payroll looks to be $194.2 million at this point for the 2018 season.  Not sure how accurate that is, as it comes from Sportrac, but that would have put them over the $197 million figure from the looks of it.

Just like their last deal, it woud need to include an MLB player to offset some of the salary, and in this case would have had to clear waivers as well.

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