Baron

I always hate the welcome posters for players Chicago sports teams try to sign. Have a bad taste in my mouth still from Carmelo Anthony.

I think most of you are aware at my position on this. 0.0

Bob in his latest article says it's the Phillies. He doesn't even mention us.

I've never heard of this dude before

I mean in reality aren't those the two expected teams that should get him anyway?

I mean...they don't have alot going for them other than offering alot of money. They aren't the only ones who can do that though. I don't even see them winning the money bid if that's what it came down to.

Certainly your first paragraph is something to consider as far as the culture goes. It definitely can effect a team. I just don't see the purpose of even trying to attempt to sign Machado. Seems like a waste of time to me. It would be a great day as of a fan if we did sign him. But there seems to be too many obstacles in the way that would prevent that from happening.

I mean sure but that's even more out there. This team wont be sold. Better chance of that staff/front office clearing. I like Two Gun Pete's offseason. The other main reason which I'm glad he brought up that I don't want to spend money is to see where this rebuild is actually at. Was 2018 a good year development wise? Didn't look that way. To me it looks too early to spend money. Lots of players futures still up in the air.

He's going to get the chance. Like I said my ideal offseason would be minimal signings plus another year of sucking and him getting the boot with another high draft pick. Chances are though he's probably going to try and fail to go after Harper/Manny. Then overpay some of the middle tier free agents.

Do you realize how silly your first point is and previous statements? It's the equivalent to saying if you don't like something the President does get out of America. I don't like the GM but that doesn't mean I wont support the team when it's time to play baseball. You just asserted obvious points that are clear in every sport and have been discussed numerous times on here. Well done. I'm still not giving him a pass. He doesn't deserve any benefit of the doubt as far as I'm concerned.

God I love these comments. If you dont like the person in charge or what he's done so far you better leave. I didn't realize I had to be all on board with this team or not at all. Makes me all warm and fuzzy. To put it plainly for the people asking. I think he'll screw it up. I've been present throughout all his offseasons. There's been very little to celebrate regarding his free agent signings performances. My preference would be for his replacement to take over and finish this. In any other sport Hahn or for that matter any other team he probably would have been fired. Ok lets break it down a little more. Does anyone think we're going to get a fair shake at any of the top free agents? I've been pessimistic at that possibility the entire time. Especially coming after this season. The one guaranteed thing we have going on for us is lots of money. Unfortunately we're not exclusive in that regard. Do you trust Rick Hahn with the 2nd tier of free agents? For me absolutely not.

Frankly I want them to do absolutely nothing except sign fillers. I don't want Rick Hahn to be the one spending large sum of money that we have.

I have a question. How are we assuming that we are getting to 500 next year? Maybe I'm the only one on here who doesn't think this is a top free agent destination.

I'm in the I'll believe it when I see it camp. I think the chance we sign one of the top free agents is close to zero.

Fuck yes