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Does Manny have any friends that are good?

I talked to Shane last night. He told me that a really good source told him Machado to Sox is indeed happening. He couldn't get confirmation from anyone else. He wasn't trolling though.

Like selling insurance?

I can’t believe we’ve reached the point where we are debated the better fit for Manny potentially cheating on his wife. He really needs to sign and get this over with. Not sure I want to be here for the conversation on which city is easier to dispose of a body in case Manny decides to kill someone.

For those looking for jobs in the Sox organization use Manny Machado as your personal reference.

I like this premise, if Manny signs with any other team he de facto admits he is cheating on his wife. CHICAGO LOOKING PRETTY GOOD NOW EH MANNY?

Each successive Machado thread seems to degenerate into increasingly weird and inane discussions. Some of you have really "lost it," I'm afraid.

We have a lake. Philly and New York both have rivers, those would have much stronger currents and also can be exposed to strong noreasters and hurricanes that could dislodge something buoyant if you went to the effort of going all the way out to the ocean. Cement shoes and a boat out into the lake, then let the mussels eat the remains.

A lot of Sox fans are going to be lining up to apologize to Moncada. He's still a future stud.

Is that what the kids are calling it these days?

Imagine seeing a one year, four million dollar signing of a player that will be the best outfielder on the roster on opening day and being mad about it.

SOMEBODY. I DON'T F'ING KNOW. TO HELL WITH JERRY KENNY AND HAHN

Rule #1, read this post. Rule #2, if there is any confusion, see Rule #1.

I will say it. You don’t make this move unless you know Manny is signing.

Chicagos clearance rate on murders is like under 20%, you don't even need to dispose of the body in this town. Advantage White Sox!

Man, last night sucked, thankfully I root for all 16 NFC teams so I'm guaranteed a spot in the superbowl regardless, rock n roll dudes!

Also, did you just type “mice nuts”?

I have a soft spot for Jon Jay, as he provided me with many RBI opportunities in MLB: The Show 2010 while he and my create-a-player were in the Cardinals farm system. Based on this, we must sign him.

He’s another guy that should cut down our k rate a bit, but I’m worried what this means for Leury. Leury needs to start liking all of machados posts on IG and showing up at the same clubs. Dude needs to become a fast friend.

I can't wait to see us try and trade for Kris Bryant to get Harper next

Well, this is certainly a strategy

Phil Rogers‏Verified account @philgrogers 48s48 seconds ago More #WhiteSox payroll increases to $80.5 million w/Kelvin Herrera deal. So, yes, plenty of room for Manny Machado or Bryce Harper ... or even Manny Machado AND Bryce Harper.

I asked the Shane guy strait forward if he was trolling or his source was wrong. He replied to me. Take it with a grain of salt but he’s sticking to his guns.

Do you want to play the guy with the .279, .294, or .296 OBP from last year over him instead? No one is forcing you to be excited about Jon Jay. He is definitively "just a guy", but the current state of the White Sox outfield is atrocious. He is a competent big leaguer. He is cheap and signed on a short term deal and maybe gives you just the slightest boost to the possibility of signing Machado. He does not prevent another signing of an outfielder as he could just as easily be a 4th OF and that's honestly what he should be on a better team. Unfortunately, the White Sox are not yet that team and have an entire outfield comprised of 4th OFs at best.

The other thing is that Jay will lead off and push Moncada into a run producing role which is good for his development. Moncada isn't a leadoff guy.

Tanyon Sturtze?

Sticking with the theme tonight...

KW and RH asking right now if you got any more of those machado friends available ....

Jon Jay makes sense for this roster and makes sense at that price. If he's Manny's boy that's icing on the cake. This is a far better acquisition than Yonder Alonso at the least.

And Jon Jay is precisely the high OBP/low strikeout guy we need right now, Machado ties aside. He would've led the team in OBP last year (.330).

Jon Jay can get you manny, which is way more than anything Engel can offer you

It's really not worth getting worked up about.

Nah Jon Jay is an actual MLB caliber player. Adam Engel is not

Our latest Prospect Perspectives article is written by outfield prospect Micker Adolfo. Micker had a very interesting, and at time for him quite frustrating, 2018 campaign before ending with Tommy John Surgery. In his guest article, Micker talks about how the injury cropped up, adapting to DH'ing, the almost-comeback to throwing, surgery and where he stands today. There are some details in here I am pretty sure were never made public that are pretty interesting around what happened in July. Here is the article. Enjoy!

The Sox really need to stop screwing around. Even if they "overpay" its not going to be a big deal long term. I think they need to find out what it takes to get it done this week and make it happen. The longer it strings out, the more likely something unexpected happens (imo).

I don't follow Carl on Twitter. I follow Dave, and I was shocked to learn from Carl about Dave having legitimate connections within the Sox now. Dave used to be more militantly anti-Reinsdorf, which I think has completely disappeared from his feed. I remember him ranting about 3 years back that Jerry was a POS and maybe something along the lines of he needs to die or the team won't win until he dies. Either way, wishing death on the owner of a team you cover and calling their kicker a cocksucker in a viral video are bad ways to stay connected with those teams.

This blows bucket away.

Wait, this doesn't look like an apology at all...

Can't wait for Greg and Caulfield's hot takes.

You know what's funny, that's the most positive he's been about the White Sox doing anything all offseason.

I got excited reading this and then I remembered who Chris Russo is and the excitement immediately faded.

We have no idea whats going on, its purely speculation. But (imo) the Sox have much more to lose missing on Machado than the Yankees do. The Yankees can hunt big time free agents every year. The idea the Sox would have a 50/50 chance on Machado would have been hard to believe as recently as last off-season. But that seems to be the reality. The Sox just cant let this one slip away. Even if they offered $100mil more and 3 years extra, it wouldnt be the end of the Sox. Those last 3 years are 7 years from now. $30mil wont nearly be as much then. I just think the Sox seem to be playing with fire and they are the team that will get burnt much worse if they miss.

This is stated perfectly.

It feels like we are near the end of the cycle. It seems like the second to last step is always where people are amazed at how low the offers are, followed by the player signing a contract that was above where most people were comfortable.

Do we know that they are screwing around though? Going into the offseason, I think everybody thought Manny would get 10 years and over $300 million. I thought it as recently as last week. When the reports came out that the Sox wouldn't go over 7 years and their offer was closer to $200 than $300m, I thought it was awful strategy. But so far, it looks like the Sox have read the market correctly. The Sox need to sign him no matter what. But if I were the GM, I might have locked him up a week ago at 10/$325, when the next best offer was for $130 million less. That extra $130 million could go a long way. They are going to have to offer more years and dollars than the Yankees, but not to a crazy amount. Maybe he signs elsewhere and the full story we get in the postmortem is awful, but for now, I can't fault the Sox for the little we know about the goings on.

I would be a kicker and if I had a parkey moment I would just retire and move to Mexico.

It's Dan Clark Day

After the season we just had and the progress Mitch showed, I can’t believe Bears fans wouldn’t be pumped about this kid. Far and away the best upside and most flashes of potential I’ve seen from a Bears QB in my lifetime.