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Offline comish4lif

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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #2350 on: November 21, 2011, 03:04:38 pm »
Quote from: NFA Brian on November 19, 2011, 10:20:07 am
I cannot see any way he starts 2012 on the roster. The earliest I could imagine would be the beginning of May. One month of minor leagues gives the Nationals one extra year of service time before free agency. A tradeoff I'd make any day.

Harper has a major league deal - how does service time affect his arbitration and all of that stuff?
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Offline blue911

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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #2351 on: November 21, 2011, 03:19:58 pm »
Quote from: comish4lif on November 21, 2011, 03:04:38 pm
Harper has a major league deal - how does service time affect his arbitration and all of that stuff?

His contract type has nothing to do with service time. What his contract does is make it so he has to be on the 25 man roster by 2015 ( he has 4 option years). Because he is signed through 2015, he can't become a Super 2 if he is brought up after he can not accrue 172 service days (one service year) in 2012. I've heard that the new CBA, raises the number of Super 2 from the top 17% to the top 22 %.
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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #2352 on: November 21, 2011, 07:34:16 pm »
Bryce Harper <3. Such a god.esss !1!1
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Offline Lintyfresh85

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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #2353 on: November 23, 2011, 12:01:03 pm »
Why it's bad for your top prospect to be 18 years old... and having a twitter account.

http://deadspin.com/5862228/bryce-harper-is-now-using-twitter-to-ask-rappers-to-name+drop-him-in-their-songs
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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #2354 on: November 23, 2011, 12:07:37 pm »
Quote from: Lintyfresh85 on November 23, 2011, 12:01:03 pm
Why it's bad for your top prospect to be 18 years old... and having a twitter account.

http://deadspin.com/5862228/bryce-harper-is-now-using-twitter-to-ask-rappers-to-name+drop-him-in-their-songs

I see nothing wrong with this. Just a way for Bryce to throw props at a musician he likes.
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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #2355 on: November 23, 2011, 12:07:48 pm »
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Offline Lintyfresh85

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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #2356 on: November 23, 2011, 12:11:18 pm »
Quote from: epic_phalanx on November 23, 2011, 12:07:37 pm
I see nothing wrong with this. Just a way for Bryce to throw props at a musician he likes.

There's nothing wrong with it... he's just embarrassing himself.
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Offline mitlen

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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #2357 on: November 23, 2011, 12:36:05 pm »
I don't know anything about Twitter or rap.    Ignorance is bliss.   :)
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Offline Mr Clean

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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #2358 on: November 23, 2011, 12:42:28 pm »
What is an RT? If I knew what that was I could join in on the outrage. :shock:
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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #2359 on: November 23, 2011, 01:03:27 pm »
Quote from: Mr Clean on November 23, 2011, 12:42:28 pm
What is an RT? If I knew what that was I could join in on the outrage. :shock:

Right Tackle  :shrug:
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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #2360 on: November 23, 2011, 01:12:22 pm »
Twitter is a great equalizer.  It lets people knock themselves off of the pedestal that fans put them on.
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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #2361 on: November 23, 2011, 01:18:14 pm »
Give me a effing break(well more like a Harper a break) You really think he was being serious in his tweets. It's called a sense of humor and for some people it's too hard to take a joke. I mean bloody hell, next thing in the news will be how Harper took too big of a crap in the toilet.
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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #2362 on: November 23, 2011, 02:14:41 pm »
I was view number 60000 on this thread.  I feel accomplished.
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Offline PowerBoater69

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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #2363 on: November 23, 2011, 05:30:29 pm »
I don't know if this was posted in the CBA thread, but Zuckerman noted in his blog today that Harper's debut will likely be delayed by a month based on a change to the Super 2.  Might be worth picking up July 3rd and July 17th in your ticket drafts if you want to say that you were there.
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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #2364 on: November 23, 2011, 05:54:49 pm »
Quote from: Lintyfresh85 on November 23, 2011, 12:01:03 pm
Why it's bad for your top prospect to be 18 years old... and having a twitter account.

http://deadspin.com/5862228/bryce-harper-is-now-using-twitter-to-ask-rappers-to-name+drop-him-in-their-songs

Pretty lame item from Deadspin, must be a slow news day.  First of all their headline is completely misleading, Harper made the request to Wale, not multiple rappers, secondly I guarantee that Harper was just kidding around, hard to be sure based on a 140 character Tweet, but Harper's actual post certainly had a different tone than what you'd expect from reading the headline.  Finally DeadSpin takes a shot at Wale, calling him a failure, as if their blog had a fraction of Wale's following.
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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #2365 on: November 23, 2011, 05:56:30 pm »
bryce harper is a teenage

let's all remember that

a teenager
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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #2366 on: November 23, 2011, 05:58:32 pm »
Not to quibble but Deadspin's readership probably dwarfs Wale (Wall-E) fanbase.
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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #2367 on: November 23, 2011, 06:00:48 pm »
Kilgore had a great explanation of why Super 2 matters for Bryce. 
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Harper’s situation does make for an interesting hypothetical: Harper was drafted in 2010 and signed a five-year major league deal. Say he debuts at a point early enough in the 2012 season that he becomes a Super Two. (Again, that’s an incredible longshot. Just hypothetical.) Because of the five-year contract, Harper already has a 2015 salary committed to him. But, under this scenario, he would also be eligible for arbitration in 2015.

How, then, would his 2015 salary be determined under this scenario? Does the pre-determined salary override the arbitration eligibility? Or does the fact that the player became eligible for arbitration mean you throw out the 2015 number?

The answer: In almost every major-league contract signed coming out of the draft, players can opt out of any remaining years if they are arbitration eligible so that they can utilize the arbitration rights. I’m not 100-percent sure about Harper’s deal, but here’s guessing Scott Boras didn’t forget to add the opt-out clause
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/nationals-journal/post/bryce-harpers-major-league-debut-and-the-new-cba/2011/11/23/gIQAVUp5oN_blog.html
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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #2368 on: November 23, 2011, 06:01:32 pm »
Quote from: Lintyfresh85 on November 23, 2011, 05:58:32 pm
Not to quibble but Deadspin's readership probably dwarfs Wale (Wall-E) fanbase.

Maybe so, but Deadspin gives away their product for free. I'm not a reader so I have no idea of their click counts but I can say that if their bloggers were hosting an event down the street tonight I'd have absolutely no interest in attending, while Wale just might get me out the door.
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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #2369 on: November 23, 2011, 06:05:01 pm »
Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on November 23, 2011, 06:00:48 pm
Kilgore had a great explanation of why Super 2 matters for Bryce. 

Kilgore also threw in a mention that holding Harper out until July was a smart baseball decision, not a cheapskate move, what other MLB club requires this disclaimer?

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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #2370 on: November 23, 2011, 06:30:59 pm »
Quote from: Lintyfresh85 on November 23, 2011, 05:58:32 pm
Not to quibble but Deadspin's readership probably dwarfs Wale (Wall-E) fanbase.

eh, im not totally sold on that. wale is pretty popular though i cant say i know any of his songs...
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Offline Mr Clean

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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #2371 on: November 23, 2011, 06:56:31 pm »
Bryce Harper taking grounders at 3rd base?  What?

http://www.natsenquirer.com 
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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #2372 on: November 23, 2011, 09:22:50 pm »
Quote from: PowerBoater69 on November 23, 2011, 06:05:01 pm
Kilgore also threw in a mention that holding Harper out until July was a smart baseball decision, not a cheapskate move, what other MLB club requires this disclaimer?

Marlins, of course.
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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #2373 on: November 24, 2011, 05:54:05 pm »
Quote from: Lintyfresh85 on November 23, 2011, 05:58:32 pm
Not to quibble but Deadspin's readership probably dwarfs Wale (Wall-E) fanbase.

Wall-A.

wa-lay.

Whatevers easier to understand. Its an A sound at the end, not an E.

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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #2374 on: January 31, 2012, 08:05:34 pm »
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@JonHeymanCBS: heard again davey johnson really wants bryce harper starting the year with #nats as the rf
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