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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
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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That's all well and good, but Harper's camp can't really think that both Harper and Goldschmidt at a combined $60-$65 milliion/season are going to be long-term Cardinals, can they?
They have to know that if Harper's there long-term, Goldschmidt isn't. They might be willing to extend Harper and Ozuna given the relative youth of Ozuna and the fact that he wouldn't seem to block guys like Gorman or Montero (one of 'em, if not both, will end up at 1b). But if they sign Harper to a long-term deal, they won't be extending Goldschmidt.
So the inverse becomes pretty apparent at that point - if they're talking about extending Goldschmidt, the lip service about signing Harper is just more of the same old half-hearted efforts to
look like you were trying.