Atlanta Braves Should Pursue Bryce Harper This Off-Season
By Kit Anderson
The Atlanta Braves should pursue a certain division rival this upcoming off-season. Bringing Bryce Harper to Atlanta might be a long shot but it is a move the Braves should attempt to make.
Bryce Harper has been feasting on Atlanta Braves pitching for years. Harper hits for power and often for average making him one of the most dangerous hitters in the game. Bryce Harper leads a Washington Nationals lineup that seems to be headed in the wrong direction.
Harper could be looking to receive the biggest contract in Free Agent history. Harper would be deserving of such a deal with 5-7 years of his prime left.
At only twenty-five years old it isn’t a stretch to think his best years could still be ahead of him. Harper has a career .282 average and 163 home runs so far. For a twenty-five-year-old Harper has accomplished a lot and now will be looking to put his name in the record books during the off-season.
After a slow free agency market, last year teams will all be involved in the bidding in the 2019 off-season.
If you are the Atlanta Braves you must make a tough decision to pursue former division rival, Bryce Harper. Harper is a once in a lifetime player who will be open for business at the end of the season.
Making the move to sign Harper would be a power move for a Braves team who lacks power. Power is one of the few things a talented lineup is short on. Harper would join an outfield of Ronald Acuna Jr. and Ender Inciarte.
Three potential all-star players who would make the Braves contenders alone. Add in a young exciting pitching staff paired with Freddie Freeman and Harper coming to Atlanta is a great fit.
It is a known fact Atlanta will have money to spend this next off-season. Whether they are willing to spend on a mammoth contract for Bryce Harper is unknown.
Big contracts are rarely worth the gamble. This case is the exception, however, for a team in need of one more big piece. A piece that would take the Braves from postseason contenders to World Series contenders in 2019.