In terms of value that's brought on the field, Harpers contract would put Trouts value in the 500m+ range I'd assume.

The real question though, was Harper worth this contract?

value on the field, hes prob worth it but its close


value brought to a franchise? yea hes worth it.

Rofl dude It's still so hilarious your jsp name change.

yea its wonderful

Yes he's worth it.

Stanton got a very similar contract and Harper's ceiling is higher.

:rofl:

Look at their respective best seasons. Harper's shits on Stanton's. Harper had a down year and he still had almost double the walks Stanton did last year. Last season Harper had 130 walks vs 169 Ks and Stanton had 70 walks vs 211 Ks. He consistently has around .400 OBP vs Stantons's .360. The only thing Stanton really has on Harper is defense but he isn't even a great defender himself. It is more of Harper having a horrid defensive year. From 2012-2017 their dWARs are 0.2 (Harper) and 0.1 (Stanton).


If Harper can get back to his MVP form he's easily a top 2 player in the league at the plate. There is a reason teams were getting ready to shell out insane money for him.

Yeah I never realized that both contracts are pretty much identical

Harper got 5 million more, but it's 4 years later isn't it?