The Phillies' projected Opening Day lineup features just one player older than 30. And -- still -- Bryce Harper is the second-youngest player in that lineup.

Also, has any team in MLB history ever added THREE current All-Stars in the same off-season? I don't believe so.

Congratulations Sean.

I am and have been a believer in Harper being an elite talent. The contract is smart for him and the Phillies. He gets his huge deal over time and doesn't have to risk going back into FA. Phillies get someone who could be the best player in the NL locked up for 13 years.

13 years ????? Phillies will be burned in 5 years.

Yeah, Harper is going to be washed up and done at 31 years old.....

Tell us more lmao.

Thanks brah, I'm excited.

You rooting for the Phils a little this year with McCutchen on board too?

I'll always root for Cutch. He's my favorite athlete of all time.

Already trying to recruit for Philly




Folks, everything is happening.

The first Instagram story here is Bell congratulating Harper on the deal, and noticing that “Philly goin crazy right now”:



Pretty neat, but it’s not out of the ordinary for a rich star athlete to congratulate another rich star athlete.

The second Instagram story is what matters: a screenshot Bell uploaded, with a message from Harper putting on the full-court press:

Harper choose money over winning. What a surprise.

....

He literally turned down an offer from the LA Dodgers worth $45M per year, which would have been the highest AAV in MLB history.

Phillies already added two current all-stars this off-season(Segura & Realmuto) before even signing Harper, in addition to adding McCutchen and David Robertson too.

Phillies were already a .500 team last year before all of these moves, and that was just with their young home grown core which was a result of their rebuild phase. Now this team should certainly be 90+ wins and it wouldn't surprise me if they sniffed 100. Starting pitching needs a bit more depth for sure, but overall this line up is going to fucking RAKE this year.

This post was edited by Sixers on Mar 1 2019 04:16pm