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Probably. And when they do I'll take their pursuit for seriously.

I understand that. It doesn't help the player though on the backend. If Harper sucks for whatever reason, he's taking like $25-$30 million in the back half of the deal if he opts into it.

Dodgers maybe. The Cubs have real issues though. If the Dodgers do it though, they are likely going over the tax which is something they told their shareholders they wouldn't be doing. Should be interesting.

From who though? That still hurts the luxury tax teams in the sense that they count the AAV. I supposed he could take something like $40, $40, $40, $40 from Dodgers in the first 4 years. That guarantees him $160 million. They'd have to backload the back to get in line with a more respectable AAV though and I'm not sure that makes a ton of sense for the player.

This is probably true but if the Sox are offering the $$ that I've heard they're offering and he doesn't want to play in Philly, then they are accepting less from someone else. That isn't something Boras typically does.

I disagree with you because I know how much money they are offering. The Sox aren't being cheap. They are offering both players top of the market contracts. Will they land either one? I have no idea

I think you're just extremely cynical, yes.

When are those quotes from though? My guess is they were from before the free agency tour

Mike Elias is the new GM in Baltimore. He led the charge on drafting Carlos Correa when the industry wasn't really on him at #1. I wouldn't be surprised to see them go with Abrams or a different HS player here. That could leave Sox picking between Rutschman and Witt.

What funeral?

100%

Pulling athletes from Matteson and Country Club Hills is helpful as well.

The defense is better but he's purposely made the offense worse by taking it back to the stone ages. Stephen Noh has a scathing piece on The Athletic about it. Losing as many games as possible is the only thing that matters from here on out in my opinion. I'd be trying to deal Parker, Holiday and Lopez and I'd be willing to take on 2019 salary in order to add draft picks. Nobody is signing this offseason to play for this organization.

I don't really think he was a fit at all. He's basically a LF only now and that's where Eloy will be playing.

I had heard that he and his wife were staying in Chicago last night FWIW

Jerry is absolutely "loosening the pursestrings". I don't know what else exactly it is that people need to see or hear to believe it but it's true. Will either guy end up signing? No idea. It won't be because of money though.

You are not correct about this BTW.

No.

Here's some shameless self-promotion but this is what I think is happening: https://theloopsports.com/2018/12/15/white-sox-this-is-what-having-a-seat-at-the-table-looks-like/

The wives are very close

I expect Oakland SS Richie Martin to go #1 to the Orioles

Probably relievers. I'd say Art Warren, Riley Ferrell and Tyler Jay. I have no idea what they'll actually do. Merkin and Fegan both think they might pass or trade the pick. I think that's foolish when picking 3rd personally but we'll see. Whoever they take will probably have AFL experience though haha.

I agree with this. If the Sox do truly have the best offer out there, they'd like for others to think their current offers are good enough.

Thanks for the support. You can write the preview for us next year.

I'd even consider it to acquire Mallex Smith personally. 25 year old LH hitting CF with a 118 wRC+ last year.