Before we get into the stats and what will probably end up being a tribute to Puig, we should address the obvious: Bryce Harper could very well be a Dodger, and soon. Puig’s trade was what fans recognized as the big step to making the mega-deal a reality and as soon as the trade was made official, social media was sent into a frenzy of “Bryce Harper will be a Dodger.”
Slow down. The trade was the first step to that happening, yes. The Dodgers cleared space both financially as well as on the diamond but, with Harper’s asking price so high, a move for the best player on the free agent market is not as simple as it seems.