Balta1701

The White Sox should absolutely make no public statement in reply to an agents statement like this. Even I'd read that as the White Sox covering something up.

Golden state won originally because they drafted good players for an innovative system. Golden state wins now because Kevin Durant decided to take less money than he was worth to go collect a couple trophies since the league was too hard.

Depends on how important that was to the Yankees.

I'm still in with "we have no idea what the actual numbers are and this is just 2 sides posturing through the media". But on the chance that it is true, all I ask is that if we lose out on this player to somewhere else for a contract that would be totally reasonable from us, people start agreeing with me that Rick Hahn is the worst GM in White Sox history and join me in demanding his removal.

I don't know how it would have turned out with the quality of coaching they had or lack thereof, but there have been people who said that Jay Williams could have been an ideal player in the era starting in 2005 when the NBA changed the hand check rule.

I can think of a few other major issues probably on the list before that.

Thanos is coming.

MSU President "Enjoying that moment in the spotlight".

Absolutely not. It would be absolute idiocy to take a short term deal that was worth only $5 million more per season while sacrificing $200 million in guaranteed money. If it came down to something like that, he'd insist on an opt out, not a 1 year deal. Twist an ankle, pop the wrong tendon next year and lose out on $160 million?

Manny Machado will not sign for 1/40 or 2/75.

I don't see anyone responding to this so I might as well. What the White Sox should not do is bid against themselves. If there's no one else in the bidding, then they have to put together a good enough bid to win, they don't have to win by $75 million - that is money that could be used elsewhere. So, there's benefit to being frugal to a point, and that point is where it's a threat to lose the player. The White Sox shouldn't just say "day 1 here's our $210 million deal will you sign", "day 2 here's $220 will you sign", "day 3 here's $230 will you sign". What they have to do is put an offer on the table that is good enough to stay in the game and then they have to wait on Machado's side to give them a reasonable offer that Machado will sign. As long as you don't lose the player, minimizing the amount you pay beyond the other teams is to your advantage, and that's why the process is drawing itself out.

Friends?

Then he should negotiate 2 of them. That's got to be extra exciting.

I doubt any team will have the confidence to do this...but an interesting NFL strategy these days would be to draft a Deshaun Watson or a Lamar Jackson or even a Mitch Trubisky, throw them out there for 4-5 years on their rookie deal to both be a running QB and to be beaten up, maybe even use the franchise tag for a 6th year, but expect that physically they won't last and then cut bait and move on to another rookie. With the value of a QB on a rookie deal, that's something you could at least ponder for Murray.

Out of our youngsters Eloy - would have signed one last year if he was willing, so I think we can rule that out Moncada - Already has tens of millions from his signing bonus so there's no logic for him in it Giolito - are you even 75% confident he's a solid starting pitcher? Kopech/Cease: With arm troubles you gotta wait til they at least show they're healthy and in the bigs, but if they were there in 2020 and willing to talk ok. Collins - might be worth thinking about but we've got to see more from him to earn his way up first. Maybe if he breaks in like Anderson it'd be time to do it. Rodon - agent is some guy named Scott Boras Lopez - the guy who it could really make sense for. The other guys who it would make sense for are the young outfielders not named Robert, but they're all several years away, so maybe 2021 or 2022, if there is a season then, it could be worth thinking about.

So pay him an amount that is comparatively unreasonable. It would still be better money than the White Sox have spent on the FA market this decade.

This one was fun. I enjoyed this one more than any of the trailers for Homecoming.

Avi garcia did not have a higher chance of contributing to a white sox playoff team than those other guys do because Avisail Garcia had only 1 year of control remaining. If Avisail Garcia had a JD Martinez caliber 50 HR year, he'd hit free agency next year and we might not be wanting to pay him 9 figures. Regardless of what he did next year, because his early career has taken so long to evolve and he's been so inconsistent, there was no way for him to contribute to the next white sox playoff team.

This is totally expected for him. He was a replacement level player last year and missed like 1/2 the season. He didn't earn more than this.

If Manny Machado (Or Bryce Harper) is a 5 win player for the next 6 years, that is better money than the white sox have spent in the free agent market this decade. If the headline number scares you, you wind up with Melky Cabrera and Adam LaRoche.

DA's idea a month ago was - if the team signs a player before the end of the winter meetings, they don't lose a draft pick. If the team signs a guy afterwards, they do lose a pick. Both agents and teams would work hard to have nearly all the QO guys signed by that point.

I saw that at the gym and just assumed he had a physical issue that I knew nothing about.

If I could get those 2 contracts (10 year? reasonable opt out after years 4 or 5?) and I was currently in the position of the Chicago White Sox I would sign them both.

There have been lots of reports that the Yankees have not backed off a fairly substantial asking price for Sonny Gray, and that they're willing to hold onto him at the back of their rotation due to concerns about Sabathia's health especially early in the season.

I agree they shouldn’t, but they also shouldn’t go around acting like they’re ready to take the training wheels off if they’re not ready to ride without them. if they’re going to bite on signing guys like Pollock and others in addition to Machado then take the training wheels off and ride like big boys. If the answer is they’re too young, then act like it.