fathom

also, just like to say that Manny Machado is visiting the Sox in the coming days/weeks and his thread has fallen off the first page

If Cubs are serious about getting him, they will have moved the players they need to by that time. I don't buy for a second this is going into February.

He's done nothing wrong

https://fancredsports.com/articles/inside-baseball-making-sense-of-the-harper-macha

Yeah, that's not fair...Pax has had a team over .500 in the last 6 years In all honesty though, the Sox are just too irrelevant these days. When you have horrible attendance, horrible TV ratings and a horrible team....you're not exactly at the top of everyone's wish list. The unique situation exists this offseason in that Harper and Machado might not take the most money (like what usually happens) due to unusual circumstances (Harper wanting to play with Bryant, Manny being a Yanks fan)

well they did almost forfeit a spring training game due to a child

which also means they touched base with Charlie Morton

Yeah I would say the fact is that he hasn't said something along the lines of "you can't put all your eggs into one basket" is a good thing.

yep, we're his safety school right now. Still waiting to hear back from his dream school(s)

What else is Hahn really going to say? Yes, we're going to make sure we offer the most money to the point that preferences don't even matter?

And I swear this has nothing to do with what Ron said, but if Harper does end up getting the Cubs or Dodgers to offer him a huge front loaded contract with early opt-out, why wouldn't he take that?

There's more to that quote, as he discussed family situations, etc. (I think this is in regards to Charlie Morton, who wanted to pitch closer to his wife's family in Florida). If you listen to the whole thing, it didn't come across as pessimistic.

Harper and Delmonico are friends from Team USA growing up

it would mean that the agent(s) have told them what their client is seeking. Doesn't mean anything in terms of working on a deal.

if it's Hayward or Yu, yes. If it's Chatwood, then it's just as likely to free up space for reliever/middle infielder.

He's going to announce on ESPNU with 4 hats in front of him

Phillies already got out of that deal.

PTNBL is Encarnacion, I assume?

EE might be going to Tampa

He wasn’t referring to Harper

Extra money for Harper thanks Y2J for your work

Sorry, meant Brantley

He also said he doesn’t want to sign players that might block prospects in 3 or so years.

To front load their offers to Manny or Harper

I actually think it’s good if they haven’t offered a deal yet. At face value, would mean that they didn’t get told it’s too low.