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And that all makes sense. At this point, I’m thinking Machado ends up around 10/$326 and Harper at 10/$350M.

I’ll be honest, I’m very skeptical of rumors like this, but at least this guy came out and basically said “I just happened to hear this” and wasn’t an arrogant douche acting like it was 100% fact. You can tell this guy is a much more legitimate and likely to have personal relationships with actual players than someone like Dan Clark. This

And that was his point. If they trade for Realmuto & sign Pollock they can add two really good right-handed bats to their lineup. I still don’t see the Dodgers & Harper being a good match.

He said he talked to a player today and that player believes Machado is going to sign with the White Sox. He also said that the player knows Machado better than anyone he’s talked to. The insider believes he’ll sign in the next week or two.

One thing that Dodgers insider fathom referenced is L.A. is interested in Pollack. That could also improve our chances of landing Harper.

Yeah, I love both the gray’s & blacks, not into the pinstripes.

Lol...just get an alternative home Harper and a road Machado!

Are you the wetbutt?

What horrible contracts did they move other than Matt Kemp? And for that, they had to take an even worse contract.

I’ll take a positive nugget however I can get one, but unless that guy is Yonder it’s hard to trust second hand sources. Dan Clark is the perfect example of that.

Why would Philly plant something like this? Harper has full known knowledge of his offers. This is either a White Sox leak intended to make other teams think our offer is low or a Boras leak trying to stir up some more interested parties. I would heavily lean towards the former based on everything we know and the fact the Sox are still in the mix for both players.

Or he’s waiting on them to free up enough money to make a compelling offer. He may very well take a discount to play for them over say the Sox, but there’s nothing to suggest it would be anything of significance. Him & Boras both want a record breaking contract.

There is nothing to suggest that Harper would take a nice discount to play for the Cubs, that’s just Sox fans letting their nightmares get the best of them.

I agree with everything you say here and a promising future could be important if the money is similar with a team like the Phillies. But at the end of the day, 9 times out of 10 these things come down to the money and if we aren’t prepared to spend then the soft stuff doesn’t really matter. Our non financial value prop will outdue the Yankee’s. If Hahn & KW don’t understand, then the franchise is in really big trouble.

Bruce is a complete joke of a journalist because it’s so evident that Cubbie blue bleeds through through his little heart. Just like with Kapman, he’s completely unable to be objective when discussing either team. What the Sox have to offer at the major league level is irrelevant if they offer a fuckton of money. That’s free agent 101 & Bruce needs to study up.

They better land one of them then!

I’d argue there’s been very few reasons to be pessimistic. We know the Sox are involved with both guys and the markets are somewhat limited with none of the traditional big spenders looking to do something crazy. We have a new TV deal in place that will certainly pay us more and provide a larger equity stake for our most important owner. With the Bulls & Hawks in ugly positions as well, there is a financial incentive to actually bring in star or two to drive up ratings for the network. Also, most of the leaks so far IMO have reeked of being obvious agent plants. I never bought into the smoke as some other did. As long as the money is there, and that takes the biggest leap of faith, I like our chances to land one of these guys. By the way, I did say Moncada following the YES Netork was a bit worrisome, so I’ve shown some cracks ?

Yup, it definitely make think things are starting to pick up steam.

As long as you believe what Bruce Levine is reporting is an obvious White Sox fueled plant, there is plenty of reason to be optimistic.

Machado isn’t going to be that much longer IMO. I honestly think we’ll know where he’s going by the end of next week. Harper could be a different story.

I hope we sign both whales and end this wannabe baseball insider’s career for good. And jumping on Bruce’s tweet is both expected and pathetic.

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Lol...I probably watched 10 movies over the last two weeks or so, but I guess I’m not a Hunger Games guy ?‍♂️

I.do.not.understand.

Not the Machado sweepstakes, those will be over by next week if not by this weekend. My guess is right now is when the poker is being played and Manny’s agent is working teams against one another. The Bruce Levine tweet makes me feel that stuff might be finally be happening in the background.