Yanks are not going near Harper at the money he supposedly wants. Look at his year this year. Not impressive - 24/86/.243, and has never had 100 RBIs in his first 5 seasons. Albert Pujols averaged 125 RBIs over his first 5 seasons. Been there, done that contract with ARod, and Harper has potential to be as much of a PITA as Rodriguez was. No way Harper gets $300MM + from the Yanks.
Yanks will still go free agent route for some needs but I think the days of building the team around it are done for now. That business model doesn't seem to work anymore.
I, for one, don't want any more 2-3 year windows to win and then suffering for 5 years with bloated contracts and injured 37 year old guys waiting for the next window to open.
Yanks will still go free agent route for some needs but I think the days of building the team around it are done for now. That business model doesn't seem to work anymore.
I, for one, don't want any more 2-3 year windows to win and then suffering for 5 years with bloated contracts and injured 37 year old guys waiting for the next window to open.
