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I’ve never heard a GM say “you never know who the 3-4-5 will be, still moves to be made” basically unprompted. That level of cockiness was embarrassing in retrospect.

Easily Joc. Also by rule I don’t think you can trade someone you sign as a free agent until a certain date (unless they agree to it)

Yeah that’s a great deal. The 10 mil a year AAV will help them with the luxury tax as well.

But for the Padres he seemed like a good fit

All along, the organization said it mattered what happened this offseason with regards to where Yoan played. It didn’t take a genius to realize he would be at 3rd if they didn’t get Manny. Once Moustakas signed and Yoan practiced at 3rd, it seemed over to me.

I’d be great with 8/330.

In retrospect, I would have really liked it if the Sox signed Pollock to the deal he got.

This isn't something anyone has said to me, but I also personally believe the Sox were way too confident in Manny wanting to play for the White Sox. They were never in a position to have "home field advantage", and the fact that they didn't get a chance to match shows the Jay/Alonso acquisitions didn't give them that advantage.

supposedly a prediction, not a sourced tweet

I always thought Harper was their dream acquisition while Manny was more attainable. Who would you want as the face of your organization, the most popular player in baseball or someone who just disgrace themselves with their actions in the postseason during a contract season?

The thing that sucks is if Nightengale is to be believed, the Padres weren't going to up their offer from 300 if someone matched it.

Once we heard of the 2nd meeting with the Padres, I got super nervous.

Not referencing what we talked about, but I always go back to that tweet that some teams thought the Padres offer was 8/240 and others thought it was 8/280.

Which is why I think the 300 million ceiling is and was total BS and just KW trying to justify how they blew the negotiations.

And I will say this for shack...everything he's shared on here or told me about has been accurate regarding Manny. Never once did he say it was a done deal. What he did say is that he strongly believed the Sox would get him AS LONG AS they didn't blow the negotiations.

And what I believe is they were told they have to match a 300 million dollar offer, and the Sox said "no thanks, we're good with our current offer" with the thought that Lozano was bluffing that they really had 300. And yes, shack told me shortly before the announcement what the Sox thought the Padres offer was at.

Palka left with hamstring tightness. Sign Bryce!

yes

People just really need to stop thinking they have any idea what these teams can afford.

This offseason has just been one continuous FU to the remaining fan base.

so Jerry's alias is Paul Sullivan? It's truly unbelievable someone could write this article and include the White Sox.

Not that I necessarily believe it, but various members of Padres twitter seem to think the Padres offered Bryce a 10 year deal over 300 tonight.

Ironically WSD was one of the first to say "Preller is the wild card, as no one knows what he's thinking"

Jones or CarGo makes them more watchable? Jones is a statue on the field now.

Yeah, I'm going to say that is a bunch of BS.