Also, while I think Hondo's got an interesting argument on whether or not he'd take an extension five years out - that's a major question mark and most of the evidence so far says that he wants to be the game's biggest player on the game's biggest stage - so planning that you're going to be able to extend him to me seems like a bad bet. So I think good planning requires thinking that he's going to do six ML years and then go.
Is it merely possible that the Nationals might have some idea about the answer to the question (again assuming that his play this Spring justifies this entire debate)? That's all I'm saying. Is it possible that they could have a discussion with Bryce about wanting to have him up and the obvious business factors in the way? Is it possible that the relationship between Harper and the team is also an issue?
