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He’s had good info before, and he thought Manny to Padres was gonna get done weeks ago.

Credit to Wisconsin coach for pulling Happ, as he was awful in the 2nd half. Illinois should have been up double digits at the half considering how poorly Wisconsin shot to start the game (on wide open attempts). Both Illini guards desperately need to improve their mid-range game, especially Frazier.

Yep, and I believe Heyman said a few weeks ago that Padres might prefer Harper because of his prestige.

If his tweet said that the Sox front office prefers Manny but ownership doesn't, I guarantee most of us would have said they aren't getting Manny then.

Everything is awesome!

I’ve seen the posturing in terms of moving on without Manny, but not necessarily about telling Lozano they’re gonna go all out for Harper instead

Did you mention that earlier?

Not sure if it was mentioned, but maybe the motivation to tell the press that Yoan is going to play 3rd is the Sox trying to make Lozano think they are going to focus on pursuing Harper instead of Manny?

Agreed, but I doubt putting Yoan at 3rd instead of Yolmer is some grand signal to Lozano.

Again, did Yolmer die?

Not sure what's going on, but it is interesting that Zobrist (who's been rumored as someone the Cubs could look to trade to free up money) is excused from the team right now due to personal reasons.

Did Yolmer die that I wasn’t aware of?

It’s possible

That’s also cause they think the Sox will get big free agent(s)

Would have rather seen him in CF. Also remember last year when Madrigal was picked and posters said “don’t worry, they have multiple years before they would have to make positional changes”. As balta said, it’s not shocking to see the Sox seemingly planning on rushing a draft pick.

And I completely get that not one rumor should be trusted. The two things that worry me the most the last 24 hours though are Moustakas not waiting for the Padres and Yoan at 3rd.

40 million dollar offseasons don’t buy you what they used to in the age of high salaries

Yoan made like 20 errors last year almost entirely on fielding the ball. His throws were fine. Now you give him a more difficult throw while also giving him less of a chance to showcase his range. To add to this, his bat went from the chance to be well above average at 2nd to average at 3rd. Nothing about this potential move seems like a smart decision.

Can’t embed, but unsure if this is a rumor or sourced https://mobile.twitter.com/JohnnyTrujillo1/status/1097526401098493953

Padres doing the same as they brought Caminiti back from the dead for their practice today.

Completely plausible...I think I also just get irritated because Yoan doesn’t seem like he would be a good fit at 3rd.

Which means no Manny, correct?

So why wouldn’t you just keep Yoan at 2nd and Yolmer at 3rd if you thought there was a chance to get Manny? The much more obvious reason is they’re moving Yoan to 3rd for Madrigal to have a spot next season. This was hinted at so much this offseason as to what would happen if they missed on Manny. I don’t see how this news could make people not feel down about their chances to get Machado.

Then they would have kept Yolmer at 3rd and Yoan at 2nd.

Also Yolmer was playing 2nd base today. Enjoy San Diego, Manny.