He was hardly the only one, there was a lot of chatter out there and a number of people did genuinely seem to think that Bryce Harper might actually get traded before the non-waiver trade deadline, but Buster Olney put himself out there on ESPN on Tuesday morning, and he put the family farm in his home state of Vermont on the line.
“If I had to bet the family farm, back in Vermont, one way or the other, I think by the end of the day, he’s on another team,” Olney said.