Chicago White Sox

Lol...you’ve officially gone bat-shit loony bro.

I don’t buy the Yankees being a serious threat at this point. The Phillies I could definitely see doing something crazy with early opt-outs though.

Neither should the Padres...they’re in the exact same position as us but without the massive financial flexibility. The juice is simply not worth the squeeze for them if they’re only guaranteed two years of Manny.

I get it’s easy to be pessimistic, but Jack’s posts defy all logic & reason. Like every single post defaults to Murphy’s Law no matter ridiculous that conclusion may be.

But why would the Padres want to give early opt-outs? Doesn’t make sense for them either.

I really don’t get the panic about the fucking Padres, there is little doubt IMO Lozano is using the media to inflate their interest.

It’s fascinating how your pessimism works.

Chris Sale will get just as large of a contract (on an AAV basis) and would be far more riskier. Don’t see how that’s any different than signing Harper & Machado this offseason.

Agreed. He’s a 4th OF or more likely AAA fodder IMO.

That lineup would have the potential to be the best in baseball.

Alright, so now that we’re all back on the two whale bandwagon, what would your lineup look like if we landed both of them? Here’s mine: Moncada, 2B Machado, 3B Harper, RF Abreu, DH Jimenez, LF Alonso, 1B Castillo, C Jay, CF Anderson, SS

I hate stealing someone else’s fire but...

Lol...I’ve never been more confident we’re landing two of these motherfuckers after this very post.

Or exactly the posturing Manny’s camp is going for.

Shack is legit IMO. I’ve said it before but dude is of high character and well connected to many people with sources.

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What. In. The. Fuck.

Still two hours tonight!

Who is Michael Jordon?

So Reinsdorf should just give in when he has a position of leverage? I get it can be frustrating to watch this process go down (it drives me mad), but what the Sox are doing is without question the right approach as long as they’re willing to outbid any last minute entrants. That remains to be seen, but for now I’m giving Jerry the benefit of the doubt given all the things we’ve done in the past few years that have gone against his track record (rebuilding, trading with the Cubs, $50M LatAm signing, etc).

What time period are you looking at? Realistically speaking, you give both of these guys opt-outs and at least one of them is gone by the time the young guys become overly expensive.

When death’s at your doorstep, can & will oftentimes become the same thing.

Why can’t they spend $175M? And if they spend $175M, that would more or less leave $100M for the rest of the roster. Seems doable to me.

Wasn’t that before a ton national TV deal money came in? Plus our local TV deal should also increase to some extent just by getting rid of WGN and potentially even more (there unsubstantiated rumors it was doubling). Honesty, if our ownership truly puts everything back into the team, I think we could probably afford a ~$175M payroll with a modest bump in attendance.