South Side Fireworks Man

Well, I'll be upset if the Sox don't sign both.

Hahn should sign Machado then go hard after Harper, allowing no one to outbid the Sox.

Man, I hope the Sox and Machado agree tonight.

Harper will keep him in line.

Now sign Ottavino. If they do manage to get Machado and or Harper, they will need a strong bullpen to compete. If they strike out on the "whales" they'll have some nice flippable pieces to continue the rebuild.

I still want Harper too.

Yes, but if the Yankees offer 275 and the Sox counter with, say 300, I'd bet Machado would go with the Yanks.

Then Hahn better be putting on his running shoes because I doubt Machado would sign with the Sox for much less than that if the Yankees offer 275M.

Just as I thought. Sox need to go 7/325M.

So do I. Someone will offer him that much and he'll take it -- unless the Sox blow that offer away and offer him $325M. He's not signing with the White Sox if the offers are close. Just my humble opinion, of course. Bottom line for me is this: The White Sox must do whatever it takes to land both Harper and Machado.

I doubt they can entice him to sign with the White Sox for that amount.

Offer him 7/325M and wrap this up already. Then offer Harper at least 7/350M.

What about Harper??

Whatever it takes.

Weren't the Dodgers bankrupt not too many years ago because of a divorce or something among the ownership? And didn't the rest of MLB have to bail them out to keep them in business? And now their fans can brag about how much the Dodgers can spend? And they still haven't won a World Series.

As I posted in the other thread, this is fine as long as it's 350M to 400M for 7 years. That should be enough to land them both. Otherwise, the Sox are just screwing around with their 7 year maximum, assuming this is true.

Fine. 350M - 400M/7yrs should lock them both up.

Yeah, but we got Nova!

Exactly.

The Sox need to overpay to get anyone worthwhile to sign with them. They should be willing to pay a 20% premium to get a "whale" to sign here over a legit contender.

Sox better have beaten the next highest offer by at least 20% or they aren't really serious about luring a top free agent to sign here.

Get 'em both. Whatever it takes.

Then go watch a tape of Phil Humber's perfect game.

I wouldn't extremely overpay to get him, but at a reasonable salary he would look good playing between Jimenez and Harper at the Rate.

I want the Sox to sign him too.