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But this smaller midwestern city has also remained prominently in the national consciousness because of a long line of players who could be called “the face of baseball” at a given moment.Īlbert Pujols and Ozzie Smith were prominent faces on teams that also happened to be World Series contenders. The Cardinals have remained at the head of the table of Major League Baseball Franchises in large part, yes, because of consistent winning. keep in mind when they decide how much DeWitt Cash to offer him. I hope that is something that the suits on Clark St. He will do the same to whatever team signs him. Whether he’s wearing a Washington Nationals jersey, or just a jersey with their color scheme where we conveniently don’t see the logos, Bryce Harper has upped the visibility of that franchise enormously. That has surely provided much value to the Washington Nationals. You don’t need these rankings to tell you that when it comes to which baseball players star in commercials and are on the cover of video games, at the top of the list is Bryce Harper. Another ranks Harper’s personal “brand value” 13th among all athletes, one of only three baseball players in the Top 50, and the only one on the list for the past several years running. One such firm valued Harper the most valuable baseball player on social media. But there are plenty of marketing wonks who do.

How can we put a value on such things? I have no idea. The one ballplayer who cracks into that top tier of celebrity athletes is Bryce Harper. They don’t command quite the same level of fame as Lebron James, Lionel Messi, Jordan Spieth, et al. The marketability of baseball players has been on the wane for many years, at least relative to other athletes. And friends, it’s not even particularly close.
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That’s led some to question - and reasonably so - whether even a generational talent like Harper will be worth the kind of deal he actually gets.įor me, the one thing these analyses consistently ignore is this: Whatever value Bryce Harper puts up on the field, his value off-the-field exceeds that of any other professional baseballer. Of course, the value of his contract is also going to be enormous. It would take a historic collapse for Harper not to join them. Look at players who have put up comparable value at his age: They are all in the Hall of Fame. Bryce Harper’s value on the field is enormous.
