chitown87

"I don't know if their sources are blatantly violating the Collective Bargaining Agreement by intentionally misleading them to try and affect negotiations through the public or are just flat out lying to them for other reasons." This sentence seems to me like a shot across the bow aimed at the Sox. I could be and hope that I'm wrong. And I've generally been on the optimistic side of things.

Lozano has a fiduciary duty to Machado to get the best offer possible. He can't just drop the Sox because he's personally pissed unless Machado tells him to. But this definitely doesn't help.

He's basically accusing the White Sox of violating the CBA by making leaks, right? I don't know how else to take it.

That's more positive for us than his post earlier.

I get that. But the chicken little stuff because the Phillies are rumored to have offered a contract is just ridiculous. We don't even know if it's true, or how much money was offered.

100% this. Jesus, some of the posters here are unbearable.

I can't see the Phillies signing both when they are considered the possible favorite to land Trout next year or whenever he becomes a FA.

This is purely speculation, but I'm thinking that we're going to see a lot of movement this weekend for both Machado and Harper. My guess is Machado to the Sox and Harper to the Phillies.

I think it would be wrong not to.

Definitely huge if true. It's been speculated a number of times that Philly was Machado's least preferred destination. Stroke that check and get it done, Sox.