00:00All right, Bryce Harper and Dave Dombrowski
00:03sharing some back and forth a little bit
00:07about will Harper become an elite player?
00:09Harper took the high road.
00:10He said, look, I don't care what he says.
00:13I'm all good.
00:14It's just I'm surprised that it came out like that in public.
00:18Usually you do that behind closed doors.
00:19Probably fair for him to say that.
00:21Harper, by the way, for him to say,
00:22hey, like, why wouldn't you just tell me that
00:23instead of saying that outwardly?
00:25But I guess Dave Dombrowski with the Red Sox,
00:28with the Marlins, with the Expos,
00:30the guy, wherever he goes, George, the Tigers,
00:32they win and they win a lot.
00:34He knows what he's doing.
00:35In fact, sorry, George, to say Dave Dombrowski
00:37is going to be a Hall of Famer when he's done.
00:38Sorry, he's going to be.
00:40Bryce Harper will finish the season in Philadelphia.
00:44Kumbaya from now through October.
00:482-0 Team USA.
00:49Tate Thompson with the goal there.
00:53Go Savers there.
00:54Go Savers.
00:55Power play goal.
00:55Tate Thompson roofed it.
00:56Great shot.
01:00Listen, will he finish the season with Philadelphia?
01:02Yeah, I'm buying this.
01:03Because who's taking on that contract?
01:05I remember he's signed.
01:06I was just doing the math here.
01:07He's signed through 31.
01:09All right.
01:10So he's got 26, 27, 28, 29, 30.
01:12Six years left, including this year.
01:14All right.
01:14It's a 13th, 330 million contract.
01:18So you do the math there, 30 by 13.
01:20And he's a declining player who also has a tough time
01:23staying on the field.
01:24Gets hurt a lot.
01:25So, yeah, I don't see anybody taking on that contract.
01:29You know, I like Bryce Harper.
01:31I do.
01:31And his numbers are solid.
01:33He's going to hit you around, you know, 25 home runs.
01:36Going to drive around 85 runs back to 80.
01:39He's a good player.
01:40But he's no longer a superstar.
01:42And who's going to take that contract for a player who's aging?
01:45So I'll buy this.
01:46He's, yeah, he will finish the season in Philadelphia.
01:49He's not going anywhere.
01:50Yeah, I mean, this is, you know, pretty easy.
01:53This is pretty easy.
01:54So, George, there's nothing more that I could echo there.
01:57George just laid it all out.
01:58So looking at war on baseball reference, three-war player.
02:02So a three-war player, that's like, you know, 15, 20 million for this season,
02:08if you're sort of doing the math.
02:10And if Bryce Harper was a three-war player this year, George,
02:14and he was making 27 million, and that was the end of his contract,
02:20I would say, you're right.
02:21He's going somewhere else.
02:23But he's 27, 27, 27, 23, 23, 23.
02:27Oh, my gosh.
02:27George is right.
02:28There's no way he's not going anywhere.
02:30I mean, is he going to be a three-war player in two years from now?
02:33If three was his war last year?
02:34No.
02:35He is staying with the Phillies.
02:37I'm buying this.
02:38All right, let's get to the rookies.
02:40One in St. Louis, one in Pittsburgh.
02:43Let's bring them out.
02:45J.J. Weatherholt will be a more valuable fantasy asset
02:49than the Pirates' Connor Griffin.
02:52I can't believe that I'm saying that the Pirates are pushing the pedal
02:56to the metal and going for it, and the Cardinals are not.
03:00But that is where we are in this weird 26.
03:06This one could come down just as easy as who starts opening.
03:09You know what I'm saying?
03:10If I knew that for sure, I would take that player, you know,
03:12and run with it and see what happens.
03:15So neither one plays in the great hitters' ballpark, so it's about even.
03:18I would say St. Louis is a slight edge over Pittsburgh as far as the ballpark is concerned.
03:22I do like that Pittsburgh is going for it, but let's remember,
03:24they're going for it with their pitching, right?
03:26That's really where their strength of their team lies.
03:28The hitting is still going to be an issue here.
03:32I don't feel great about it's one way or the other.
03:34I have no problem drafting either player, by the way,
03:35but I think we need to keep expectations in check here.
03:39Tracy, if you went first, I would take the other one just to disagree with you.
03:42So I'll buy that Weatherholt to be the guy here.
03:46So how about that?
03:47I'll sell.
03:48Griffin is 19, but fantasy.
03:50He's going to steal more bases.
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