Chicago White Sox

No star free agent in their prime will ever sign with the Bulls with those snakes in the front office and that clown on the sidelines. Absolutely sad that Michael Reinsdorf has allowed this once proud franchise hit rock bottom.

Jack, as someone who has met you, I would not put that you’re autistic in your profile. I would also try not to make a big deal out of it on a date either. Bring it up casually if need be but play it off a mild autism. If you let it define you, it’s going to scare people before they actually get a chance to know you.

You guys really need to stop watching the Bulls as the only thing that will force change is an impact to the bottom line. Otherwise, Michael Reinsdorf might just keep GarPax around forever.

Forgot about Roark. Jesus that’s nuts.

If they give up both those guys and a draft pick it will be the single dumbest trade since the Shelby Miller fiasco.

And then they lose Gray, Puig, & Wood to free agency the following year. I get signing guys to one year deals, but giving up prospect currency for rentals is crazy in their position.

Definitely, but you don’t pay more money just so he’s there.

The Bulls are hopeless under current management, the Sox have a future if they can land a whale.

Sure, how much more money are you willing to spend to get it done prior to SoxFest? Like is him being there worth a million bucks even? Probably not.

It should be a bannable offense and honestly the fact he literally said this two days ago and is actually trying to deny it is beyond fucking pathetic.

Never claimed to have an inside game ?

At this point I think more people have sources than don’t.

You need to step up your fake inside game bro.

Doesn’t matter when you’re not hitting a lot of fly balls. Sheets need to adjust his swing to get more loft or he’s not going to make it despite having very good plate discipline & raw power.

While Heyman’s tweet is likely a Lozano plant, this is the reason you don’t dick around for too long. No reason to let anyone else into this thing.

Wildstein doesn’t seem to be freaking out.

Apparently this Yankees fan thinks it’s a Sox hat:

Not the hat, just have a feeling.

I really think tomorrow may finally be the day.

Awesome, that’s exactly what I was proposing last week.

Got to give Lozano something he can brag about and that’s the AAV record. I don’t see any chance in hell he breaks Stanton’s total contract record at this point and Bryce would probably just top it within the next month anyways.

Anyone else starting to think the Sox are prepared to do something crazy and the Phillies are talking a big game but will ultimately come up short? I’m sure this post will come back to haunt me in the not too distant future, but I feel like Uncle Jerry may be sick of the losing and is ready to spend big bucks with 83 just around the corner. Not to be dire, but no one wants to go out as a rebuilding loser. I really think Reinsdorf is ready to nut up and add two fucking whales.

I don’t think these leaks come directly from Boras or a member in the Phillies front office. I think it’s a bit of a game of telephone and you purposely build in a few layers (using so called “industry sources”) so it can’t be traced back to you. But honestly, that’s just me guessing.

FIFY

If I had to guess, there are several sets of leaks here and each with a different origin. The rumored offer of 7/$210M (or whatever it was) seems like it probably was our first, formal offer. That’s actually a somewhat realistic opening offer if Machado’s original ask was in the $350M to $400M range. And it wasn’t until Passan/Gomez said the Sox had offered 8/$250M that is was ever really disputed. My guess is the Sox let that one out of the bag once they were prepared to make their next offer (one Passan/Gomez alluded to) to create some misdirection for the Phillies. Regarding the 8/$250M offer, I truly believe this is legit but was not made in writing and is therefore not a former offer. My guess is Lozano leaked this to put some heat on the Phillies. It should be clear as day that the leaks that came out shortly thereafter from Bob, Bruce, etc. debunking the rumor came out of the White Sox camp. Merkin being part of the posse is proof of that. All that being said, I think these 7/$175M rumors are new beast. The Sox had already put it out there that a 7/$210M offer had been made. There was value in having Philadelphia believe that’s where they were currently sitting. Moving the the number down to $175M (and a $25M AAV) doesn’t really benefit us at that point and quite frankly makes it easy to question its validity since it’s so ridiculous. Therefore, I can only think of two parties who could be responsible for these leaks. IMO, it either has to be the Phillies (in an attempt to convince Harper’s camp that Machado is a much more affordable option) or Boras (in an attempt to embarrass Lozano). I just don’t see anything else that adds up.