Philly just threw 3/$50 million at McCutchen.
And we know they want Machado more than Harper.
The dominos are falling in the Cardinals favor here and they're absolutely not going to engage. It will end up with Harper looking for a soft landing (he's going to opt out in 2021 anyway; he wants to see FA prior to age 30 and under the new CBA) so if things don't come together for him, he's going to take a short term, high AAV deal somewhere.
It'll probably end up Chicago because our ownership is gutless.
If Boras would just dispense with the need for headlines (gotta get that first $300 million contract), when he KNOWS his guy is opting out after 3 seasons absent a career altering injury, he'd probably convince some team to throw up something approaching $45 million/season for 3 seasons.
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