Harper quietly putting up another MVP-level slash line and the K rate is the lowest he's ever posted. Nobody is talking about him and that feels insane. https://t.co/V5YhpcdBF6
Bryce Harper this season:
.571 SLG - highest since '21 MVP season
157 OPS+ - highest since '21 MVP season
41 HR pace - 2nd highest of career
16.2 K% - lowest of career
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@JonScharfman I think its as much about the schedule as anything. If they play above expectations they will still be lucky to get 5-6 wins with that schedule
I have thought alot about this recently and have come to the conclusion that tanking works in the NFL but the problem is the follow through.
Andrew Luck was worth it, franchise couldn’t protect him
Joe Burrow was worth it, franchise can’t protect him
Baker Mayfield was worth it, but the Browns.
The qb seems to be the easy part in these situations, franchises just don’t have the ability to stay to the process of building properly around them
@desena_tyler There is no point in bringing him here, he doesn’t move the needle enough to make this team markedly better. Might as well save the money
The process of the tank didnt fail if you look at it from a wide lens.
The team was able to fight for 5 wins , for a tough coach and had a great defense and clean books heading into 2021. Where the tank failed was picking the wrong QB and not hiring a good a OC.
If we had gotten those two things right, kept financial discipline and kept Flores, we would look at the overall tank process differently
@Masi6212A @schadjoe Def an argument to be made to that. I would still send him out for a 2nd/3rd rounder. Can find an older vet a litlte cheaper that can do some mentoring during the back nine of his career.
@lsyanka@schadjoe The patriots drafted #3 overall to get Maye and in the top 10 again to get will campbell this past year. This was after years of mediocrity after Brady. They didnt fix everything in one off-season
@1043wqam Look at the schedule on paper for next season. Find 5 wins regardless of who is QB. No matter who is behind center, this team is jousting with the Jets and Cardinals for who is 1,2,3 in the draft in 27.