Washington Nationals: Handicapping the Bryce Harper sweepstakes
By Danny Kelly
New York Yankees
The New York Yankees are more of an obligatory addition than anything else. As seen above, the Yankees have two monsters in Aaron Judge and Stanton in the middle of their lineup already, but that doesn’t mean Bryce Harper wouldn’t make an already potent lineup even better. If we are being realistic though, their money is better spent on starting pitching.
Yankee Stadium is exactly the big stage that Harper wants to be on. Boras even went out of his way to declare that Harper doesn’t have to play the outfield, he’s also capable of playing first base. If that comment wasn’t directed at the Yankees, then I’m not sure who it was towards.
At the end of the day, the Yankees will probably stay out of the Harper sweepstakes, but that’s not going to stop Boras from trying to get them involved. Let’s not forget, a 16-year-old Harper once said he wanted to “play in the pinstripes.” and you don’t want to crush a kid’s dreams, do you?
Odds of signing Harper: 25 to 1