Dick Allen

He's an aging guy who is spending less and less time in CF, with no pop. If it doesn't bring Machado, it's a ridiculous signing.

Maybe Jay being here will help him cover with Alonso when Manny wants to cheat on his wife. I'm sure it was discussed in negotiations.

Didn't your source say Boras had nothing to do with this? Harper was running everything.

From a baseball and rebuilding prospective, I would prefer Delmonico and Leury, and Yolmer to Jon Jay. But if Jay gets you Machado, those 3 can go stratch. If Machado still goes to the Yankees, it's time for a change.

When will they announce ARod being brought in to take Steve Stone's place?

There is also talk he would take less because besides the winning part, he gets to live at home during Spring Training.

If we are all sticking to what we have all along, this doesn’t matter too much. If I was in Mannys position, my wife’s top 3 choices would be New York, New York, then New York. If I then told her besides taxes, Chicago is willing to pay me $50 million more, she would say promise me we can move to New York when you are done playing.

Yes, the extra control would make all the difference in the world on a flip.

This blows bucket away.

But really, are they going to get more? What difference does it make to these teams if he is making his decision today or next week or the week after? Until they know it's about to happen, their best offers are probably not on the table. If anything, he may lose a team or two and some leverage because if they are contending, they may have to move on.

I have heard it speculated that Harper and Machado are holding up the rest of the market. If it's even slightly true, wouldn't the players association be putting some pressure on them to sign something?

If he signs for 7 years, Bruce Levine is owed several apologies.

They probably only received money they will need to pay him. But this isn't so bad. Now the Rockets will owe them a solid down the road. There has to be someone from Chicago they can bring in next year, overpay, and wish they never signed before the exhibition season ends. Okafor maybe.

Doesn’t matter. They ran with it. They just showed how minor league they are. if JR is in a box with someone, it won’t be at a Bears game. It won’t be at a Hawks game like some tried to sell with Harper. It’s Bulls, White Sox, or bust for games JR would be “entertaining “ clients or prospective employees.

It’s amazing the things people buy on Twitter. If Barstool is trying to be legit, they need to rid themselves of the person responsible for the tweet. But this one made no sense.

0 Looks like Steverson has been working with her.

Jon Heyman is a well known Scott Boras pawn. Anything he reports on Boras clients is what Boras wants out there. Take it all with a grain of salt.

It would be interesting to see what kind of contract he commands, he did have surgery and it’s questionable whether or not he will be ready opening day.As a flip candidate, he couldn’t have been much better in KC last year, and the return they received wasn’t eye popping.

Probably having his foot checked out.

If it is something they would wait until Saturday to announce, chances are it would be Avi or Shields or Davidson. Someone of that ilk.

I mentioned that, but look at the stories. He's moving great...he wanted to be a starting SS....I bet he's hurt or released before DiDi gets back,and that isn't going out on a limb.

All the Tulo love around the league reminds me of the Freak love last year or the year before. At least Tulo makes the minimum, but he wasn't so good in 2017, let alone sitting last year out. To think he is a guy who can play SS every day is about as big of reach as Rick Hahn's Jimmy Rollins idea.

This Dan Clark is obviously full of shit. I believed him because I couldn't understand what was in it for him to make things up. But it obviously wasn't a done deal, and just like the guy in LA, talked to a friend who probably gave him what he thought, not what he knew. I don't know exactly what my friends' every move would be. Now he is trying to still get credit for being the first to break something, even though his story isn't holding up.

He didn't call him out. If you look at how Heyman respoded, and read Bruce's tweet, they matched.

Jon Heyman is a Scott Boras tool. Always has been. If he is the source of the well over $300 million, it is what Boras wanted him to say. I do think that the Nats obviously have the most to lose with Harper signing somewhere else, and their ownership is probably the richest in baseball. So it wouldn't surprise me if he wound up back there. But it would surprise me if they were willing to risk losing him by lowballing him earlier, if they were prepared to go a lot higher.