Princess Dye

Landing both players is a longshot but the things you can say for that hope are: 1) It's hard to get future payroll this low 2) The Sox seem against the Cub model of major-pitching-FAs and risking contracts with post 30-yr olds 3) If Bryce just frankly likes Chicago, and Manny likes being with his pals, it could be enough leverage 4) Jerry's old 5) Is this stalemate simply because they want to get more teams involved, or is it because the two agents want the other to go first? If it's the latter, and Manny signs first, then there's a quick flip Bryce can do, which would screw over Philly. 6) The tv station angle

iamshack is a really good writer. i dont know that ive seen him break anything but hey, love his work

'safety net' doesnt mean 'being used.' i'm not sure why people are taking it that way 'safety net' means we're the team offering the 2nd most money to 1 of 2 guys.

Can someone explain to me why Olney's rumor today is considered any different than where all the rumors have been headed for 1-2 weeks? Philly gets Harper with the biggest contract of the offseason, Manny settles for 2nd biggest contract with Chicago. How's that out of line with Nightengale, Morosi, or anyone else?

Sox as safety net is a rewording of what the rumors have suggested thus far: Phillies are waving the most money, prioritizing Harper, the #1 free agent. Sox want to pay the #2 free agent of the class so as to use the Phillies' spending to their advantage Sox like both players , as anyone would, so the whole thing could flip I dont know if this is anything new. I think the Phillies are a situation very much like us, but we'd be a backup plan because of total $ only.

If he's going to pose as Alonso's cousin he should get the last name right in his bio

we have the gloves, we have the shoes. now lets add all the in between

The Yankees fully stocked their positions. No need to even talk about them anymore. The only way for them to still be in this is to trade Andujar out and make room that way, but theyre not going to just dump someone that good to a suitor and take a reduced return to make it all work for ST.

Dont want to get your hopes up but lets go to a live look at Manny Machado's cow from the farm he owns:

what color is this dress?

I am planning my Machado signing party. Inviting all my friends. Invites are out, it's time.

Peggy Kusinski's son, not a random. For what it's worth. Had the Joc talk before Rosenthal, same day.

We can get Sale here with an offer of creative control on uniform giveaway day designs HO HO HO

I dont know if i get the White Sox mentality that we want the offer to be higher. I want the offer to be higher if it has to be higher. But the main goal is to land Manny, and the bells and whistles of it are just more evidence we're all pawns in this game. I want his total price to be lower so we can also get Keuchel or whatever else down the line. Every bit of payroll helps re: JR's tendencies.

http://www.knbr.com/2019/02/11/bob-nightengale-predicts-what-giants-will-offer-bryce-harper-on-680/

Due to the Machado saga I am unable to perform in da bedroom

It was a joke Though i wouldnt necessarily say irrelevant. Even if it's a legit present, it's still cheeky to post it. He knows what it means to do that, and what kind of reaction it'll get.

i watch every single sox game and even i would not post sox baby shoes. and i mean i have a baby too

thome chose the phillies over his beloved cubs because there was immense pressure to set the market for FAs machado could give us a tiny discount if he wants to be with his pals, but after all this scrutiny of the players' standing in MLB, that discount would be quite minimal.

Peggy Kusinski's son who had the Joc talks before Rosenthal..

Lozano's last card to play is how the league looks bad right now and how teams arent "going for it" supposedly. I dont know what team is going to totally revamp their offseason plan based on something like that. It's said that the Angels were a 'mystery team' for Pujols but i wonder how much that's based in reality, or if they were a part of things all along. I dont get the idea that someone is going to just swoop in and realize "oh yeah, this guy is a free agent! I'll bid in February for the first time!" It just feels like the bids are in. How could they not be? These are HoF potential free agents. I say all this noting that i dont think the high bid right now is $175M. Way higher.

I am fine with the wait and see approach with us, if we are sitting there confident that the other suitors all had their look at the situation and passed on it. the JD Martinez thing lasted long last year because this is a battle to redefine the entire market place between agents & teams. If we have inside info on what the other owners are doing (and Jerry tends to have owners' ear) then why bid against yourself. ST is here, so if another team is going to come along, it's going to be now or never.