Chicago White Sox

Because is Hamels is a one year commitment and fills a much bigger need.

Let’s get this shit back on track. How soon after his visit with the Phillies do we start hearing some smoke on who is the favorite? My guess is the rumors heat up Friday and by Saturday we have a decent idea who he’ll be signing with.

Every Yankees fan is confident they’ll sign every important free agent.

No, it just means our TV ratings and attendance will continue to plummet and our revenue streams will shrink, which will without question impact the quality of team we can put on the field. But hey, keep playing proud victim and cheer on the Cubbies to land one of the most popular superstars in the game.

This is 100% not true and I’m shocked people can actually believe this.

? This can’t be a serious post. What Ron said isn’t “something kind of not hateful about the Cubs”. He’s legitimately rooting against the well-being of his team so he can continue posting on this message board.

Will Cubs fans continue to cheer for him? They seemed to love Chapman during the their World Series run.

He’s a Yankee if that’s the best offer. 10/$350M is my prediction for him, hopefully coming from us.

He’s getting way more than that bro.

Unfortunately the Cubs have a patent on the 20 year contract.

It’s definitely possibly that we aligned on terms on Monday and met with the Yankees, heard what they had to say, and basically said “I need $xxxM or I’m going with another team”. And if we really met with him for 10 hours, that’s not just possible but likely.

You typically don’t draft an agreement and share with the other side until you’re aligned on terms. But my experience is not in people contracts, so maybe that could be totally different.

Chili said he gave that info to WSD though, so now we got a bit of a chicken/egg going. Hopefully Dave has confirmed Chili’s rumor elsewhere since then.

Unfortunately it’s the last 10% of an agreement that’s usually painfully slow to iron out. Look, I hope I’m wrong so I can get all my kids Machado jerseys for Christmas, but I’ll remain cautiously optimistic for now.

Giving Chili the benefit of the doubt for a second & saying Machado is eager to sign, I still don’t think a deal gets done this weekend. Best case scenario he informally selects us and then the two sides start negotiating terms. This is not going to be a straight forward contract so I think the earliest it could get done is after Christmas but before New Years.

Sounds short. How long did he meet with us?

Yup, and I’ll be honest, I don’t believe for a second that Machado wanted to sign with us heading into our meeting with him but his agent pressured him not to. I really wish that were true, but I think it’s a complete fabrication.

Look, I have no personal gain from calling out an alleged insider, but he clearly said Machado was staying through Wednesday and that’s not the case if that tweet is true. Honestly, I simply want to know what’s real and what’s BS and despite being one of the more optimistic posters on this board, Chili’s rumor never felt right to me. Again, nothing personal against him, but it just doesn’t seem to jive, at least the part about spending an extra day & night in Chicago.

That is the single stupidest thing I have ever seen and question your fandom.

Why the Cubs?

I think this first post proves Chili may not be the insider he claimed to be.

I’ve lost all respect for Ron.

You’re cheering for the Cubs to sign Harper to avoid a ban bet?

Which is probably part of the reason we’re going with a five year deal.