Sorry - I'm in Houston at the moment and promised Hoya he would be the first to know so he could buy tickets for the home stand, before they sky rocketed. Still not sure if he plays left or right with McCutchen playing the opposite.
13 years...wow.
This is interesting. 13 years at $30m would have been insane - but they didn't do that. Machado probably got a better deal, and is a candidate to make $30m over 3 years in his age 36-39 season as a DH in the AL. Machado has a chance to out earn this contract over 13 years, provided his knees stay healthy.
It was quite clear that Harper and Boras wanted one thing - to sign the highest contract amount ever, even if that meant lesser Annual Average Value than a contract signed, say, just last week! (Machado is $30m AAV, Harper only $25.4m).
He got the most money but 'only' $25M annually. And no opt out. But he'll make a great DH for them in his 30's when he starts to break down. Not to mention he'll hit a million homers in that park in 13 years.
There is not a DH in the NL which is why I think the 13 year deal is crazy for an NL team that provided him a full no trade clause. However, not that crazy, as the AAV makes luxury tax sense for the team in the future. Will he be Albert Pujols in 10 years? Absolutely, and they won't be able to DH him. But his luxury tax hit will be small.
I really don’t understand why he took that deal instead of 300 over 10 from the Nats unless he just hated being in DC.
Because $300m is not the largest contract amount ever signed for. We're dealing with ego here from both agent and player, and it had to be more than $325m. I'm just surprised he signed for such a low AAV.
