(11-07-2018 03:40 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(11-07-2018 01:53 PM)Brookes Owl Wrote:  

Harper Derby is on. He didn't accept this offer; will they provide a larger one? Probably not...? (Refer to my earlier post discussing luxury tax - Nats will be at 50% next year if they can't get below $206 MM - it doesn't seem like that's possible with a $30MM+ AAV contract for Harper.) So this is the starting point. I've seen mention of 12 or even 14 year contract duration, which seems pretty insane.

1 thing to remember- the taxed part is the amount over the threshold. So say the Nats were at 216 million next year- they'd have a 5 million tax bill.......

Sure, but can they build a decent roster (with Harper) for 216?

Quote:There's a lot of talk that this was just a saving face type of thing with the nats- designed to fool fans into thinking they actually wanted him, knowing Harper would never agree to it.

This makes sense. It seems like $30MM is the absolute minimum he'd take, and not including options makes it feel like a deal others are likely to surpass, either in annual #, duration, and/or by adding options.