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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
Your points fail. You've been on a quest to claim his contract with the Phillies is bad since the day he signed it.
He hasn't been a bad value:
4.5 wins/year = $27M a year in value (conservative)/$36M a year in value (medium)/$45M a year in value (aggressive)
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Doubling-down on a point I didn’t even mention. Stubborn.^
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His durability hasn't been an issue in Philly, and this year was the first time in five years he has missed significant time, and that was after a pitch hit him on the hand and broke his thumb. That's a fluke injury, not related to his general wellness or reliability.
Yes, the Cardinals acquired Goldschmidt instead of Harper and are paying him basically the same yearly salary.
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The total contract values for Arenado + Gold are almost = to Bruce. Cards management clearly nailed this one which
was my point.
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But they also had to trade assets to do that (a package that has earned around 8 wins in value for the Diamondbacks, with a minor leaguer who looks like they are a potential solid value still awaiting MLB service time).
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Ok, so? Carson Kelly has 4 wins in 4 years. He’s essentially useless and wouldn’t even play in STL anyway. WAR is a logarithmic concept as you know, so a 7 WAR season > fifteen 1 WAR seasons
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And Goldschmidt withered in the postseason while Harper was a key/big factor in his team advancing to the World Series.
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Sample size. Gold career 910 OPS in playoffs, Harper 997. Bfd. And the Cards wouldn’t have even made the playoffs had they signed Harper so it’s moot.