{"id":16541,"date":"2019-01-22T10:04:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T15:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/?p=16541"},"modified":"2024-12-28T10:55:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T15:55:59","slug":"downside-bryce-harper-manny-machado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2019\/01\/22\/downside-bryce-harper-manny-machado\/","title":{"rendered":"The Downside of Bryce Harper and Manny Machado"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bryce Harper<\/a><\/strong> and Manny Machado<\/a><\/strong> are two of the most coveted free agents to hit the market in years. Each will likely sign mammoth contracts, and many have asked whether their skills make them worth the money<\/a>. This column will not ask that question, as it has been covered several times. No, it’s asking a different one, because another question that must also be asked is whether their personalities are worth bringing into a clubhouse.<\/p>\n

The Downside of Bryce Harper and Manny Machado<\/h1>\n

The tempers of both are well-known. Harper can be viewed as a powder keg. There are several videos of him blowing a gasket and getting ejected on YouTube. His mound charge in San Francisco two years ago against Hunter Strickland<\/a><\/strong> led to one of the ugliest brawls of the decade<\/a>. His clubhouse argument with Jonathan Papelbon<\/a><\/strong> started because Papelbon did not like Harper’s decision to jog out a popup<\/a>. He often abuses batting helmets and bats when a call goes against him.
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