Author Topic: Bryce Harper 2018 and beyond (Read 155220 times)

Ray D · « **Reply #1625 on:** July 29, 2018, 09:36:54 am »

jerk.

varoadking · « **Reply #1626 on:** July 29, 2018, 09:39:12 am »

Quote from: mitlen on July 29, 2018, 09:11:14 am

Just leave.

Between now and July 31st...today would be fine with me...

UMDNats · « **Reply #1627 on:** July 29, 2018, 09:48:39 am »

Quote from: rileyn on July 29, 2018, 06:32:35 am

"If that guy was on our side," Harper said, "that wouldn't have happened." Talk about throwing your GM and catchers under the bus, and also ignoring your own role in this situation....wow.

freaking awful.

hotshot · « **Reply #1628 on:** July 29, 2018, 09:50:04 am »

Quote from: imref on July 29, 2018, 08:53:50 am

JT's hit beat us, if JT were on our team he wouldn't have beaten us.

Shoulda pulled the trigger on the JT/Castro package early in the Spring. Even if Robles was part of it. I'm thinking we'd be in first place in the NL East today and be a legit playoff contender if we had. Of course, hindsight is 20/20 and Rizzo had no way of knowing how good Soto would be, how long Murphy would be out, that Bryce would be hitting .220 or lower, or that our catchers would be so weak.

Ray D · « **Reply #1629 on:** July 29, 2018, 09:55:09 am »

Quote from: UMDNats on July 29, 2018, 09:48:39 am

freaking awful.

Not only that, but it ignores the fact that with the bases loaded and no outs, Miami was going to win no matter who was coming up to bat.

Slateman · « **Reply #1630 on:** July 29, 2018, 10:10:22 am »

Conveniently forgets that he didn't have a hit.

Like I said, we trade this guy, we win the division. He's become a clubhouse problem and an empty hole in the lineup.

welch · « **Reply #1631 on:** July 29, 2018, 10:15:36 am »

Harper has never driven in 100 runs. He hits 450 foot solo home runs, once a week, and otherwise strikes out or walks. Maybe OPS does not reveal quite as much.

spidernat · « **Reply #1632 on:** July 29, 2018, 10:23:29 am »

Harper is clueless and unaccountable

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #1633 on:** July 29, 2018, 10:53:19 am »

Quote from: hotshot on July 29, 2018, 09:50:04 am

Shoulda pulled the trigger on the JT/Castro package early in the Spring. Even if Robles was part of it. I'm thinking we'd be in first place in the NL East today and be a legit playoff contender if we had. Of course, hindsight is 20/20 and Rizzo had no way of knowing how good Soto would be, how long Murphy would be out, that Bryce would be hitting .220 or lower, or that our catchers would be so weak.

this team cannot be a contender this year if Bryce is still on the team. That was an incredibly prima donna / poison thing to say from a supposed leader. This almost seems like he's begging to be traded. Either that, or he thinks he's now Ted Lerner's 4th kid and is plotting to off Mark.

varoadking · « **Reply #1634 on:** July 29, 2018, 11:08:39 am »

spidernat · « **Reply #1635 on:** July 29, 2018, 12:24:04 pm »

Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on July 29, 2018, 10:53:19 am

This almost seems like he's begging to be traded.

That's a possibility.

Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on July 29, 2018, 10:53:19 am

Either that, or he thinks he's now Ted Lerner's 4th kid and is plotting to off Mark.

He'll also have to rub off PANatsFan?

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #1636 on:** July 29, 2018, 12:27:22 pm »

Quote from: spidernat on July 29, 2018, 12:24:04 pm

He'll also have to rub off PANatsFan?

You knock off or rub out. unless you were thinking something else.

spidernat · « **Reply #1637 on:** July 29, 2018, 12:29:33 pm »

Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on July 29, 2018, 12:27:22 pm

You knock off or rub out. unless you were thinking something else.

my bad

Ray D · « **Reply #1638 on:** July 29, 2018, 12:33:23 pm »

Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on July 29, 2018, 10:53:19 am

this team cannot be a contender this year if Bryce is still on the team.

I was thinking exactly the same thing ...

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That was an incredibly prima donna / poison thing to say from a supposed leader. This almost seems like he's begging to be traded. Either that, or he thinks he's now Ted Lerner's 4th kid and is plotting to off Mark.

But he's been saying stupid things since his second year. Wants to play center field (when we had Span) ..., where's my ring .... make baseball fun .... I can't even think of them all. Now this. But that's not what I was thinking. I don't think the lineup can compensate for his two-three strikeout per game performance, particularly with him batting 2, 3, or 4.

PowerBoater69 · « **Reply #1639 on:** July 29, 2018, 02:11:40 pm »

Good to see Harper pull up short on that ball, we don't want him getting hurt one game before the trade deadline.

Ray D · « **Reply #1640 on:** July 29, 2018, 02:27:48 pm »

Quote from: PowerBoater69 on July 29, 2018, 02:11:40 pm

Good to see Harper pull up short on that ball, we don't want him getting hurt one game before the trade deadline.

I don't think it was lack of effort, he took a bad route.

PowerBoater69 · « **Reply #1641 on:** July 29, 2018, 02:29:42 pm »

Quote from: Ray D on July 29, 2018, 02:27:48 pm

I don't think it was lack of effort, he took a bad route.

Looked at the wall then flinched at the last moment.

GburgNatsFan · « **Reply #1642 on:** July 29, 2018, 02:42:54 pm »

Quote from: varoadking on July 29, 2018, 06:36:57 am

Brutal...

Wonder how many guys are going to clear the bench next time he gets plunked. Wieters probably doesn't.

varoadking · « **Reply #1643 on:** July 29, 2018, 03:01:27 pm »

Quote from: GburgNatsFan on July 29, 2018, 02:42:54 pm

Wonder how many guys are going to clear the bench next time he gets plunked. Wieters probably doesn't.

If we're all lucky, this is his last game as a Nat...and I don't say that with any sense of glee or satisfaction...just a fact...

Jeff in Gaithersburg · « **Reply #1644 on:** July 29, 2018, 03:12:56 pm »

Get him out of the clubhouse, please. Kid has had a sense of entitlement since he was 16, a leopard doesn't change his spots.

Jeff in Gaithersburg · « **Reply #1645 on:** July 29, 2018, 03:16:20 pm »

Quote from: hotshot on July 29, 2018, 09:50:04 am

Shoulda pulled the trigger on the JT/Castro package early in the Spring. Even if Robles was part of it. I'm thinking we'd be in first place in the NL East today and be a legit playoff contender if we had. Of course, hindsight is 20/20 and Rizzo had no way of knowing how good Soto would be, how long Murphy would be out, that Bryce would be hitting .220 or lower, or that our catchers would be so weak.

No we wouldn't. This team's issues go far beyond the catcher position.

sixthree175 · « **Reply #1646 on:** July 29, 2018, 04:25:47 pm »

Management would try to re-sign Harper only to put the casual fan in the seats -- not to win. Which is more important to those guys?

catocony · « **Reply #1647 on:** July 29, 2018, 04:48:03 pm »

Putting fans in the seats and planted in front of MASN. It's a business.

imref · « **Reply #1648 on:** July 29, 2018, 05:29:33 pm »

Quote from: sixthree175 on July 29, 2018, 04:25:47 pm

Management would try to re-sign Harper only to put the casual fan in the seats -- not to win. Which is more important to those guys?

It wouldn’t be surprising to see mark Lerner sign Harper on his own.

PowerBoater69 · « **Reply #1649 on:** July 29, 2018, 05:33:35 pm »

Quote from: imref on July 29, 2018, 05:29:33 pm

It wouldn’t be surprising to see mark Lerner sign Harper in his own.

Nothing Mark Lerner does would shock me too much, but I hope not. Three of five seasons have been duds and he acts like he's better than his teammates. Cut this bum loose.