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That’s not even counting Delmonico. We already got rid of Davidson and Avi that essentially were offense-first players who fit a similar profile.

Maybe the best thing is Harper to the Cubs and Machado to NYY...then the White Sox would have no choice to clean house or end up like the Redskins. The only thing standing between that happening and the Sox current quandary is the Q trade, Robert, Madrigal and another #3 pick.

Exactly...there was a simultaneous league-wide run on Alonso? Well, not according to what we gave up in talent.

Well, just like the Bulls never landing a whale and turning into a dumpster fire, what SHOULD the fans do if they strike out, clamor for a Hahn statue at 35th and Shields when he’s the one largely responsible for creating this Hail Mary desperation play in the first place in order to save his job?

Does Abreu even have a desire to DH?

Someone better check who has Reinsdorf’s power of attorney right now when you start talking about $600-800 million committed for just two players.

They can’t trade him now, that’s for sure...they simply would try to max out his value and open the spot for a Madrigal, but there’s nothing to say he couldn’t play CF with Jimenez in LF and Robert in RF, other than his history of nagging injuries like the hamstring. A Machado signing and Jimenez up takes all the pressure to save the franchise off his back.

I was responding to the trade Abreu and bring him back in the future argument...

Why would Machado want to sign up for a team with Yonder Alonso as its best “proven” hitter?

It would be less risky if they weren’t helping our main divisional rival get better simultaneously.

Because it’s not helping at all if we just turn around and dump Abreu to save money. UNLESS THAT MEANS HARPER OR MACHADO. Biggest point is we are helping the Indians offload even more salary...which opens their competitive window into 2021 and 2022 depending on what they get back for Kluber and who else they can sign. Their only bad remaining contract is Kipnis, and that’s only for 2019 with a buyout for 2020.

It will ONLY be fine if they get Machado. Otherwise, it’s another debacle to add to Sox lore.

The whole point of dumping Santana was to move Hoskins to 1B...aiyo.

How would dumping Abreu for a B prospect and a lesser hitter than Palka help to secure Machado? That would mean the majority of our best hitters from what was already a pretty bad offense would be gone (Abreu, Narvaez, Davidson, Smith, Avi).

Cue the Machado/Belle comparison stories to start popping up everywhere.

Would feel more confident with Ozzie Guillen courting Machado than this train wreck.

That front office can run rings around the White Sox...not even close. They still have a hole at catcher (Perez/Haase), which means they end up with Grandal, Puig/Peterson, Santana and huge payroll flexibility. We might as well give them Colome, too. Heck, they might as well sign Machado or Harper.

That would be ironic. The large market White Sox getting a competitive balance pick in return from the smallest market Indians that have a payroll 200% bigger than ours.

Why are we helping the Indians? This is just idiotic. Call, that part is completely besides the point, although he’ll probably morph into their Jason Tyner. Why would Machado care about a teammate who would only be around one season?

Aren’t all indications Jimenez would be in LF? They really are going back to Palka in RF? There better be a solid indication they can bring in Machado or all these chess moves will look pointless. The Indians clearing salary of Encarnacion and Alonso means Santana and a bunch of hitters will come over from LAD for Kluber and free up RF for Harper. We actually helped improve the Indians’ payroll glut...which really clears up next year when they can dump Kipnis.

Puig for one year would simply be replacing Avi for the marketing department. Pederson’s the obvious target fitting the timeline much better. Kemp has been discussed into the ground.

Reinsdorf will never sign off on that in a million years.

Or the Indians. Then we’re back to the Kluber megadeal that frees up an outfield spot for Harper simultaneously.

Why would the Dodgers devalue all their outfielders...If Harper wanted the best possible team to play for, he’d simply tell them to maximize what they get could back for Puig/Peterson/Kemp and then they could announce a signing. Taylor can move back to 2B. They’d still have Harper, Bellinger, Verdugo, Hernandez, Toles, etc., for the outfield. Wouldn’t be a great defensive outfield, but they probably don’t care much.

The only way to not be the Padres, Rays, A’s, Pirates or Royals is to win consistently and create an exciting atmosphere at the ballpark. This is the way it has always been, there have consistently been 5-6 teams getting 80% of the attention. Even the Mets are not getting much attention since their pitching dynasty imploded, and they’re in a much bigger market and a WS appearance just three seasons ago.