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And 16% from the buildings around the park they don't own. Also no one else gets to do that.

He leaves out the part where that means they also keep 100% of all stadium revenue, unlike others.

Reading the replies that this could be Boras leading the leaks, I doubt it for one simple reason. It is better for his client to have Manny Machado get a huge contract, because that gives him another comp to use in his own negotiations. If Manny is only worth $175 million, how does he justify Bryce being worth double that amount? How does he also keep bidders interested in Bryce if they know the could spend $100 million less and get a similar player? It doesn't make sense to me.

There is this too.

Reading the tweets from Ricketts radio tour today, it sure looks like he is doing his best to make sure the White Sox are stripped from the headlines right now.

How this hasn't been obvious all winter, I will never understand.

I will accept this as a valid answer.

Which tells me what I need to know. This dude needs a new hobby.

You need a new hobby.

I think I figured it out. Has anyone tweeted at Manny to see how many retweets it would take for him to sign here?

I used to wonder how a show like Jerry Springer could be popular. Now this thread is basically a Springer episode.

Bruce is now an amortization expert.

Only Rick would look like a fool here.

The real fun here is that the source of the Hahn and Lozano frustrations are probably Hahn and Lozano related. It wouldn't shock me in the least that these guys were playing both sides of the fence. In fact I would be disappointed if it were anything else.

Live look in at Lozano lead blocking for Manny.

The only question for this year is #TeamZion or #TeamRJ

Damn Bryce, that's cold.

If you have them on the phone, you have them involved. If you have one team involved, you can't create urgency

This. Teams see this, maybe they make a phone call. If you get them to call you because someone is at $175, you probably get $200 out of them top of the offer. For a bit more work, maybe you get them to $225 or $250. It doesn't hurt for the agent to try to drum up a new line of conversation.

Now it is their turn, right?

Everyone can sleep well knowing that this now done.

The teams are being incredibly disciplined then. Everyone can use Manny Machado. For the top level teams, he could put them over the top.