southsideirish71

Well JR, Rick and Kenny can go fuck themselves. Thanks for helping out the Indians so they can keep Kluber and Bauer by giving them financial relief. And letting the Padres link this guy up. I look forward to seeing the final contract numbers. We were only serious on if Machado was a bargain is my guess.

If San Diego comes out and completely blows this out of the water, then so be it. If on the other hand, our owner thinks it's 1980 and no player is worth 30 mil and he drew a line in the sand that we would never cross then that's another. In short, there is zero reason that the sox can use to justify not getting him. There is a limited amount of teams involved. You have generational talent available. Its not a bidding war with 6 major teams with unlimited funds. Its the perfect storm that may never happen again for us. Friends and Family Plan. Hahn brought in Alonso. Which in part aided a division rival by giving them payroll flexibility. Hahn brought in Jay. Once again, friends and family plan. We are playing a game with Eloy that probably won't endear us to his agent. The Cubs did the same thing with Bryant, lets see how that plays out over time. Now we are moving players around the diamond with nonsense comments about not worrying about a player not on the team. LOL

There are two 26-year-old franchise altering FAs out there this year. They need to grab one of them. I have zero faith if they strike out this year that next year will be any different. If they lose out on either its either they were blown out of the water or Manny wanted to play for the Yankees. If its we low bid and waited for the bargain to show up then that's a franchise killer as far as trust.

Band of Brothers is outstanding. Generation Kill as well.

He wants everyone to beat everyone's offer until the most money winds up in Machado's pocket.

Because accusing violations of the collective bargaining agreement would only affect MLB teams, not random reporters.

Well, if that is the case that the sox leaked this, this will kill any chance of getting future featured free agents for a while unless we go well well over on contract.

Who says they are this far. The statement states that the White Sox level of interest in Manny is completely wrong. Maybe they are at 7/175 and others are moving forward. You wouldn't take the sox publically off the radar as the Phillies would be bidding against themselves.

MLB channel is saying that the Phillies are looking to get Machado, Harper and Keuchel.

Let piss off one of the final bidders who has the top offer of 250 million by making them look like shit and then I look like a hero. This makes zero sense. Most agents will leak on a position of strength, not omg they are all low balling us. Look at my mad negotiation skills its now 250. Within a week of Machado signing that would get leaked out that it was 250 for a while and that this was a bullshit plant. Then the agent's reputation with other teams and players is shit.

They need to resolve the pay issues in the minors before I ever care about millionaires and even the lower rung in the MLB getting more. If you don't have a signing bonus you would need to work at McDonald's to get a raise. That's a real cause to champion.

If it's leaked by Lozano then that's the value of the Sox offer. No one who has an offer of more than this would leak a lower value out to get teams interested. That's absurd. I want 300 million dollars and I have an offer of 8/250. Let's leak out 175 million and see if we get any biters for 300.

You are going with the opinion that the sox will have a right to match. If this is the offer someone can come in an get a deal done quickly. That's the risk with this. You might not get a chance to match and its over.

If thats the Sox offer then the Phillies have a great shot at getting both Harper and Machado. Soxfest should be fun.

I think the eyes are good. I just think he needs to figure out what a strike is. Continuously getting wrung up on a pitch a hair outside the zone is okup until it keeps happening. The Big Hurt had a great eye but you bet your ass if he was getting wrung up left and right just off the plate he would of adjusted. He just kept with the idea that it isn't a strike and the umpires were going to adjust to him.

I would rather watch the video of him working with Omar Vizquel on catching baseballs and footwork.

Then you will get 9 tweets after that. 1 stating the terms of the proposal, leaked by the agent. The next will be Bruce Levine posting that the sox are not going over 3 years and 10 per year. the next tweet will be from a foreign source repeating the terms of the team. Then a mystery team will be in offering 10 years + and a higher AAV. As long as they come out with one of the two superstars, thats all that matters.

The Saints defense is definitely not the Bears defense. Foles and the offense are going off.

Dont give me this. You didnt need to be a fortune teller to see that a guy who keeps doinking the upper left crossbar over and over was going to do this in the playoffs.

However El Rockin would be thrilled with that move.

Why?

The irony here is the front office could have negated this by being quiet. Fake Reporter "I hear you are looking at Harper or Manny. " Fake Hahn or Kenny "We are committed to the process here. We are excited about the next wave of our young players that are coming up and look for that to provide star power. Its an exciting time for our organization." Then you go and bid for both. If nothing happens with it, no one is the wiser. Talking about things in the open press is stupid.

They need to hit on either one of Harper or Machado. Missing out on both, and having one go to the Cubs is a formula for disaster.

This should do wonders for the Sox franchise in Chicago.

If they dealt Heyward why would they need to have Harper in CF.