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https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-rumors-yankees-falling-behind-phillies-white-sox-in-machado-race-nationals-building-momentum-with-harper/ Of course, the other school of thought is that Harper to the Nats will trigger Machado to the Phillies...fortunately, Harper is likely to be the last to sign. "Momentum" for Machado to White Sox with decision looming? The only three teams known to have interest in Manny Machado are the Phillies, Yankees and White Sox. Bruce Levine of 670 The Score in Chicago reports that the White Sox appear to have the momentum here: The prevailing feeling across the MLB landscape is that momentum is building for the White Sox in the Manny Machado sweepstakes. Also of note: The report indicates the Machado decision is going to happen "within a week." Further, it sounds like the deal might end up in the seven-year range and be closer to $200 million than $300 million. While many fans might scoff at such a notion, this is a big problem for the MLBPA. Players are making less money compared to MLB revenue than they have in well over a decade. A generational talent like Machado at age 26 getting significantly less than, say, Albert Pujols did at age 32 seven seasons ago simply isn't acceptable with MLB annually setting revenue records. Regardless, at least one report has the White Sox, who have recently acquired two players close to Machado, as the leader in the clubhouse.

It's funny how you remember games like that one, or some of the ones that the White Sox were losing down the stretch in 2005...late August and early September. For whatever reason, the one that stands out even more than the amazing finish to the 2008 season was the game where Carlos Gomez (Hawk just loved that dude) had probably the best game of his career and Jenks blew a really important game down the stretch...just remember walking around in a daze on the beach in Thailand for 2-3 days after that particular disaster. After the way we had played the Twins from 2001-2007 (with the exception of 2005, of course), it just seemed almost inevitable at that point that the Twins were going to beat us yet again. That was the height of Ozzie's "The Piranhas" Years.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/student-reported-repeated-cyber-harassment-trevor-bauer-indians-twitter-023653665.html More reasons to hate the Indians/Trevor Bauer...one of the STRANGEST stories of this off-season, and there have been quite a few. Just bizarre. And yet somehow perfectly fitting for this social media driven world we live in.

Just don't bring up that Twins' game in late 2003, or Bread & Water, lol...

Manper is related to the Manimal...albeit with caliper-like claws. Harpchado is either a Pacific fish or a hybrid musical instrument.

I still think the Roeper (of all people) tweet is the most encouraging, because he's so connected to Chicago "insiders" through his media position. Would be perfectly fitting if he was one of the first ones to break the story, albeit indirectly.

Univ of Miami connection. Between the Cubans and Dominicans, we should swap rosters with the Marlins...of course, that would suck for Midwestern-based White Sox fans, but the marketing in that area with the way our team is comprised would be MUCH easier.

Or they could start 40% of their games with the pen like the Rays/Brewers/A's. Might as well throw Medeiros, Bummer and Covey/Fulmer in there as well, lol.

Who is that? Looks like a cross between DiCaprio in The Revenant, Brad PItt w/ a beard or a scene from Young Grizzly Adams...

Yeah, the market's going to be even more cluttered next season than this year...the best players at their position like Grandal and possibly Kimbrel signing one or two year deals is pretty crazy.

Would put it 40% Nats/Phillies, 20% Dodgers (or Cubs)

Whenever I see this name, it makes me think of Tom Hardy now...or you're a snake/scorpion trainer, lol?

He'll also get a really good feel for the city of Chicago during the summertime...and have some opportunities to interact with his White Sox friends when the Sox and Cubs are both in town the same day. Positive thinking.

https://www.foxsports.com/wisconsin/gallery/midweek-stock-report-milwaukee-brewers-2019-rotation-102418 Anderson, Chacin, Burnes, Peralta, Davies, Nelson...Woodruff and Junior Guerra, not to mention #8 prospect Zack Brown. But no superstar/ace there. Tons of depth, though. 9 Names!!!!!!

Just goes to show how desperate Sox fans are for a franchise-defining superstar (homegrown or not.)

Maybe we need to carpetbomb Comcast/Universal front office execs with that one...in all seriousness, they have just as much to gain from one of the two whales signing as anyone (other than Reinsdorf/shareholders). By the way, Grandal to the Brewers really puts the pressure on the Cubs to respond somehow...guess we'll hear a lot more Harper/Heyward rumors in the coming days.

Did Roeper follow up on his tweet? At this point, might as well make a mini-documentary for MLB Network of the high's and low's of this process for the fans of all the teams involved, especially the White Sox and Phillies.

Dan Clark has already purchased 10-12 of Greg's houses in Topeka/Lawrence/Metro KC area.

Rooting for the Chiefs is pretty much like rooting for the 1980's Miami Dolphins with Dan Marino and Duper/Clayton...lots of excitement, but lacking the defense to win the Super Bowl more than once.

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Significantly better than a Family Truckster, though.

Oh my god, Cashman's such an idiot he's actually negotiating against himself. Yeah, that's highly likely!

Jesus of Nazareth, this is getting incredibly annoying. Just do SOMETHING, one way or the other.

If the Yankees had the highest offer, the contract would already be signed, sealed and delivered. Unless it's completely back-loaded, where he gets a pittance the first 3-4 years and limited or mutual opt-outs. Isn't this guy physically IN Australia right now? Or he's just FROM Australia?

If all else fails, the White Sox can sign Mahomes as their own two-way player and put him in the bullpen. His dad was a pretty good reliever for the Twins and a host of other teams. KW always gets his man!