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Sweeny’s Yankees Notes: Harper To The Bronx After 2018 A Mortal Lock

By Sweeny Murti
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When Bryce Harper wins the NL MVP award on Thursday night he will officially have the hardware that puts him right alongside Mike Trout as the best player in the game. Think of it along the lines of Barry Bonds and Ken Griffey Jr. about 20 years ago,

And it will also start the countdown to the day Harper becomes a Yankee. Seriously. Is there any doubt?

Let’s go back two years when the Yankees drew their line in the sand with Robinson Cano at seven years, $175 million.