Dick Allen

I win.

You're right. It was pretty silent before the White Sox gave us that late Christmas present in one Jon Jay.

Onesie, flag, hat, coin and t-shirt. You have everything but a source.

It seemed legit. It might be legit. But he was talking about how the Sox are upset at leaks, and then he opened the spout. Seems a bit odd to me. And even if JR was at the inauguration, which I tend to doubt, I'm sure his cell phone is still on his person.

If you read the Rick Hahn stuff, he thought it would be wrapped up by Christmas. Apparently his people must think there is another offer out there for a heck of a lot more money.

First off, I doubt he was at the inauguration. JR is probably in AZ. Secondly, this guy starts posting "leaks" about Rick Hahn being upset about leaks. And posted nothing earlier. While his info seems plausible, I'm a bit skeptical regarding his inside knowledge.

If they are hellbent on over $300 million and a record, it will probably be a while.

My source tells me this may conclude today. Or it may not. He's never wrong.

This guy is spot on.

Maybe the new hitting analytics guy could have helped him, but I'm sure he was consulted before Avi was non tendered. If he ever gets his swing to a point he is putting it in the air most of the time, he is capable of huge numbers. But he is always hurt and is going to slow down, so he eventually will be strickly a DH or have to learn 1B. And they had one year of control. Made the decision easier I would imagine.

If he signs with Philadelphia, wouldn't that say the Sox were outbid since neither player supposedly wants to go there?

He's going to Seattle.

Is it just a coincidence the White Sox alleged offer is pretty much exactly the same as Jon Heyman said Manny would probably ultimately sign for last week on MLBN?

If it's 7 years/ $30 million a year, just add $35 million to $40 million total to it, and pretend the extra cash is Jon Jay.

My dad was a lawyer, and he told me the only time it was OK to lie was during negotiations.

One thing seems sure, all the hope it may reach its end today seens to be fading fast.

If Jay = Machado, everyone loves Jay, even those who know he isn't a very good MLB baseball player anymore. If Jay doesn't = Machado, all the Jay compliments will be forgotten quickly.

I think Nightengale knows a bit more than posters here want to give him credit. He has broken plenty. It isn’t a bad thing to believe him. But for some reason the general consensus here is he is a hack. I don’t think that’s accurate.

Because Bob Nightengale, who apparently usually doesn’t know shit, said the Phillies are the favorite for Harper and may have backed off Machado.

But your post count is up. Which is nice.

With some of my posts about RH/KW I might have to go into witness protection,

But the White Sox benefit from the leaks. I don’t have access to the stats, but I would venture to guess this site already has more activity this January than the entire January last year. Nothing leaks, what is left to discuss....the Sox signed a minor league pitcher who used to be pretty good but he hasn’t pitched in 3 years because of all sorts of surgeries? And whether they want to admit it or not, the White Sox purposely leak things from time to time.

I would think the Sales and Marketing groups monitor these boards a bit. But if Baseball Ops are, that’s insane. I can save them the time right now. What all of us want is the best White Sox team possible.

I think Hahn is a smart guy, crappy GM, but agree he is good at negotiating contracts. The thing is, that skill doesn’t really come in play if you are up against another team offering more money. Rick Hahn isn’t going to be able to land Machado on a team friendly deal. IHe is not some guy making minimum willing to sign a life changing contract buying out arb years even if it could cost him some cash if he is all starish..Maybe he can be creative with opt outs and the like, but that might mean the Sox would either have to pay even more or Manny and his buddies might skip town before the team is really good.

Now they are leaking that they are upset with the leaking. I don’t know what could have changed in the last 48 hours especially with the Phillies lined up to see Harper later today. And nothing huge usually breaks on weekends, so Monday or by Wednesday seems logical.