Chicago White Sox

We ain’t trading with the Indians on a deal of that magnitude.

4th OF.

If he comes dirt cheap the fuck not?

Pollack, CF Moncada, 2B Machado, 3B Abreu, DH Jimenez, LF Alonso, 1B Castillo, C Palka, RF Anderson That could be a pretty fucking good lineup, although if you add Machado & Pollack, it’s hard to imagine rolling with Palka in RF.

Some douche from Boston apparently.

Good call, or maybe they want the Phillies to know they’re not fucking around when it comes to Machado.

I’m hoping they still go for Harper, but was mostly kidding about the other two. But if they want to compete next year and are willing to spend $180M that’s probably what it’s going to take.

Why Wade Miley? I’m not overly familiar with him, but man that strikeout rate last year was ugly AF. Would probably rather have Pomeranz.

Harper, Keuchel, Ottavino.

I think it would be a huge mistake for Machado to wait on Harper. I just don’t see what the upside is for him there.

I think so. IMO, Machado’s camp wants to get this done before one of the two teams moves to Harper. And it really seems like Philadelphia is getting ready to shift to Harper.

Tell him he can have 8/$280M (the AAV record) or 9/$300M (the sexy number) and get this thing done tomorrow.

Yup, this is very positive news. Glad to hear we’re at 8 years now because that hopefully means we’re one step closer to resolution.

That would totally work for me, although I agree it creates conflicts of interest.

Oh gotcha. That to me would be risky, because all it takes is one more crazy contract after Trout & Betts and we could be looking at some reallly ugly years at the end of the deal. At least with the Belle framework, the club has some level of control.

That’s kind of how Albert Belle’s contract worked. Basically gave him the right to opt-out if not one of the three highest paid players. I’d be game for something that for sure (after year 3) although I’d probably want it to be top 5 given Trout & Harper at minimum could surpass it in a couple of years.

It definitely would be preferred by Machado’s camp, but if I’m the Sox I’m pushing for after year 4. And if that’s a no go, I’m definitely trying for some sort of mechanism that allows for it. For example, I’d offer up a condition that allows the club to push back the opt-out a year at some point in the future, but requires we add additional guaranteed year to the end of the deal if exercised.

Nice work Shack!

I would definitely agree with those odds.

Did anyone else get an MLB app update about the Sox maybe being the favorites for Machado? I’m sure it’s just regurgitating the Nightengale article, but I accidentally dismissed and would love to know what it said.

That’s awesome. I was in Ohio at college unfortunately, so I was stuck with a bunch of douchey Indians (and Reds) fans. My biggest regret in life is not being in Chicago for that game 4 victory and being able to attend that parade. At least I got to attend game 1 so that helps.

Yeah that sucks. The worst I had to deal with was the Sosa hype. A Cubs World Series appearance / victory would have converted a lot of the bandwagoner types.

Oh for sure, Sox fans still exist and in somewhat large numbers, but many have grown tired of the failures of our current regime. Signing a whale or two could really reinvigorate the fanbase.

I grew up in the north suburbs and there were at least several dozen Sox fans (I knew of) in a class of like 550. I also was a kid during Frank’s hayday so maybe that helped, although ChiSoxMike was likely a kid during 2005 which should have helped even more.

You from the northern suburbs?