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What you also have to consider is that Harper's camp isn't working with asymmetric information. If the Cardinals trade for Goldschmidt and they don't extend him, my first question is, "How are you going to replace Ozuna and Goldschmidt?
If they extend one or both, it would show his camp that they are serious about keeping stars around him. If they don't and I'm Harper, I'm wondering if I'm going to be stuck on a team with no other top tier bats by 2020.
Also, Joe Kelly getting paid isn't an endorsement of his talent but and indictment of the same kind of backwards thinking that leads to huge overpays for marginal middle relievers, like Brett Cecil.
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