fathom

doesn't matter what we think, but the Sox were clearly thinking they had a chance

no reason to have Yonder on the team if true.

that's not good, Clark knows him from Baltimore

sure, why wouldn't that make sense from a pure baseball trade value standpoint (not saying I'dwant the Sox to do this)

Not saying it wouldn't hurt, but I can't see Mariners giving up Haniger without getting some pitching prospects back. With Dunning's elbow and Hansen's yips, unfortunately Cease is really the only one with significant trade value.

or what if they get Manny, and then make a 3-way deal with something like this: White Sox get: Encarnacion, Haniger Mariners get: Cease, two Astros prospects Astros get: Abreu

Who knows, maybe this is their plan B and they go after Haniger as well? I would be stunned (and livid) if their plan B is simply to get Encarnacion if they miss on the big guys.

Yep in which case they should have just signed Cruz then for cheaper.

They have talented prospects?

Could he ever play 3B?

Not sure but it would make sense they’d look to deal him if they miss on Manny

Would mean either Abreu is getting dealt or Alonso (if Sox miss on Manny)

Problem is they didn’t analyze things like spin rate when he was a highly ranked prospect.

why not just get Manny, who you know is a free agent and is younger and is an excellent 3B?

Of course it’s about the money if the Sox sign him. But saying that’s not even his concern right now is a good way to combat criticism if he does take the most money on the table.

I would say the narrative that he wants to determine fit and culture before discussing money is great for the Sox, IMO.

Would you agree that Morosi seemed pretty confident of the Sox chances to get one of the big 2? On my end it did.

Morosi was just on mlb network and said he was told Manny has not had an official offer made yet by any of the 3 teams. Manny is waiting to get comfortable with fit and comfort of the teams before talking money.

Twins gonna have some big power next year.

Not only that, but look around the majors. There’s been one major league deal announced over last 3 days. It’s just a quiet overall period.

Joel Sherman literally posted a thread in the last few hours saying how there’s very little work done this week. And fwiw, the person who posted the rumor has never made up anything during his entire soxtalk “career”

That deal would be done now by the Cubs if Giants would take Happ and Heyward and pay most of the contract.

They are, their staff is insanely expensive

Wasn’t this the joke about them (workers) being told they would take a pay cut to afford both?

FWIW, WSD said he got a text last week that said Sox are very, very confident they’ll get one of the big 2. This was on red line radio podcast