Or they told them the first to sign would get the dollars to prevent something like this from happening and handicapping the franchise for the next decade, as well as putting pressure on one of the two players to be the first to sign.
And falls on top of Manny Machado's skull and kills him as he was skipping by with balloons hanging out with his buddys Alonzo and Jay who had just convinced him to sign with the White Sox.
The biggest point is that the market has stayed tepid because there were only two teams for two superstars involved. If you start getting another team involved, that balance is thrown off.
To see the Sox locking up somewhere around half of a future payroll in 2 players would be a pretty awful idea to start with, and it was also one of the very few things that Rick basically gave a straight answer to at Soxfest.
All I know is that MLB needs to quit sending so many BS push notifications until this is done. Every time I see one I get all excited, and then it is some crap article about fielding a team of prospects? AAAAAAAAAARTRRGGHHHH!!!