chetkincaid

This is exactly what I was thinking. This is a major problem for the White Sox. We’re already second class citizens in the baseball world because of that team up north, and you couple that with 100 loss seasons? It’ll be a hard sell to get free agents here when winning clubs want them too.

Watch him go there and dominate.

Yep.

We keep talking about source this and source that, but isn’t it all pointless if Machado and Harper themselves don’t know what they’re going to do yet? I mean Bryce Harper could wake up tomorrow morning and decide to go back home to the Nationals because that’s what he’s most familiar with. Machado could wake up and decide that he likes being in the playoffs and he wants to be with a contender. This bemoaning and bellyaching is exhausting. I wish they would just make. a. damn. decision.

It sounds like Manny doesn’t want to come here. So be it. Let’s move on.

Yep. Me too.

Why would Harper choose the Phillies over the Nats?

It’s probably because everyone is exhausted. I know I am. By brain is numb on all baseball talk.

Maybe, but that’s a dangerous game to play. Imagine how pissed fans are going to be when their team doesn’t land the coveted free agent.

I think the Brewers are still in the mix for Mad Bum too. It’ll be fun to watch them beat that team from up north which shall not be named on this hallowed message board.

This makes me even happier that we got Alonso and Jay. I’d hate to have Machado sign then become a malcontent in the clubhouse because his favorite team wouldn’t pay him the money.

Please let this thing end in the next day or so. One way or the other, just let it end so we can focus on other aspects of the club.

Not this guy.

I never knew that existed until this post. Lol Cowley... what an asshat.

Chris Russo really hates the White Sox.

This is exhausting.

???????

If it doesn’t happen after all of this smoke, I’m going to punch a wall.

So it looks like Machado will go to the Yanks and Harper will go to the Dodgers. Who will be the main contenders for Nolan Arenado next year? I can’t see either of those teams being in the mix for him. Who else do we have to worry about?

Moustakas would reek of Kevin Youkilis in a White Sox uniform. I’d rather have Yolmer.

“I believe that billionaires should pay for their own fucking stadiums” - Bill Simmons

Heard some guys in MLB Radio saying that they fully expect Machado to go to the Yankees and Harper to go to the Dodgers. They said the White Sox are not even a long shot at this point and our best bet is that we go after Nolan Arenado when he becomes a free agent in 2020. The White Sox will might be closer to contention in 2020 and maybe they can entice Arenado with a huge bank breaking contract. I still say we end up with Puig next year

They will They will if they strike out on other free agents. I’d bet that the Dodgers wouldn’t require that big of a return. Plus the Sox need marketable names. Fans are starting to get restless.

I still say that Harper goes to the Dodgers, Machado goes to the Yanks and we somehow end up with Puig.

I would be one of those people who say the well never get Machado or Harper while they’re in their prime. If we sign either of them this year I’ll buy you all a beer on Opening Day.