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https://www.iheart.com/podcast/519-dodger-talk-28250979/episode/dodger-talk-12-30368198/

yes, the guy said it should be in the coming week I believe. Anyone with an iHeart log in can listen to the podcast, as it was after the 10 min mark where he talks about Manny.

and it's not like this guy went out and tweeted some breaking news.

This will be my lone optimistic post for the year, but Vassegh would have far less incentive to plant a story than Clark would have (Clark might not know he was being used if he's wrong).

Just from reading up on him, seems like he has a good rapport with the players and I saw a fan say he does a good job getting scoops.

He has 26K followers and works for the Dodgers Radio Network.

I would guarantee that's where it came from. Basically this is like the Dan Clark report minus the finality.

reputable enough that he has a Dodgers Talk podcast and has Dodgers players on that podcast all the time

Wow it's almost like the Sox are "using" Bruce to make it sound to the baseball world that their offers aren't as competitive as others.

"I talked to someone today that's very close to Machado and he thinks he's signing with the White Sox" word for word what the guy said on the podcast

Supposedly David Vassegh, a Dodgers insider, had this to say last night on his podcast:

We need kOna!

yep, sounds like they were runner-up on Gordon and Upton never had interest. Cespedes, not so sure about.

please tell me I'm not the only one with deja vu today with the year limit when compared with the outfield hunt a few years ago when Nightengale said the Sox wouldn't go more than 3 for anyone?

They all predicted Manny to Yankees None predicted Harper to Sox...of course Duber predicted Harper to Cubs because he makes me look like an optimistic Sox fan.

nothing of interest

It would seem so or maybe Sox are offering a huge AAV? Either way, it’s not a bad thing he believes this.

Anyone watch Passan interview?

Harper is a 5 WAR player? Odd as I only see 1 fWAR season at that level during his career. Is Avi a 4 WAR player?

That's pretty much every prospect. Also, if the Sox fail to develop more than 1 or 2 quality players from their system right now, then this whole thing is/was never going to work.

Thome would have been awful in Hunger Games. He would have apologized to anyone that he hurt. I've heard great stories about how nice of a guy he was with his peers, even after on the field "tension".

I think you took what I said wrong. I was saying that Jack was wrong in saying they've been too risky with their acquisitions.

If you're trying to argue that the Sox have a lot of low ceiling, high risk guys, I can see that. But they also have plenty of high ceiling, low risk guys. It's all about having enough depth in the system to cover for prospect failures that may occur, as well as having guys come out of nowhere to be major leaguers. Astros had no problem overcoming Singleton tanking, as well as the Cubs were able to develop a starting catcher in Contreras that didn't have a huge pedigree.

They just drafted in the first round just about the safest pick in recent draft history.