southsider2k5

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.

If this is really true, how low are the Cardinals and Yankees bids to not be involved here? It just doesn't seem plausible for my two cents.

That's because beauty isn't the only foundation of a relationship. If it is, that's why cheating is easy. Beauty if everywhere.

I don't know what decisions the dude has made in life, but he has always been desperate for money all of the way back to his playing career. His hawking everything that they put in front of his for a few bucks is the least surprising thing ever.

I know it would suck for the White Sox but it would be hilarious to see Boras overplay his hand and lose his top bid for Harper.

I am not often a burn in hell kind of guy, but that seems mild here.

Transparency? You know what that means, right? They told both Eloy and the fans that he wasn't getting called up this season. This was the literal definition of transparency.

That's funny, I feel the same way after reading 3 of your posts.

100% here. Like I said when it happened, the wording was really important.

Did you really spend the time and effort to join Soxtalk just to complain?

My condolences.

If it were that bad, he'd sign a 1/35 deal with someone else and see what changes next year instead of hooking up for 7.

Did we tell you the part where screen names can't be changed anymore without a bribe of an admin?

I think the most common post in this thread has been "I think this is close" followed by "Why does Bruce Levine still have a job?"

You realize when they are counting hits, there is no difference between an anger hit or a happy to read you hit? People retweeting and posting that stuff is why it continues to survive. If you don't like, don't give it public play.

To me that is a better move than Harper and Machado.

QUINS A WITCH, BURN HIM!!!

Shhhhh....

Seems overly optimistic.

420 seems appropriate.