HeGetzUs

Should be interesting comments from Alonso today since he got a pass on talking with the media yesterday.....

That’s a good thing right? Meaning they just talked to him like 30 minutes ago?

Harper2Sox now?

Screw it Hahn needs to use his anger to throw out a 10/360 deal to Harper and call it a night to save face

I think he’s saying it’s crazier to think of Jerry having a budget to fit both of them in under more than it is to think of the Sox backing up the trucks to pay Harper a ton of cash

Those guys said the Sox would sign both today......totally false

Only one can hope that they learn from their Machado mistake quickly and pull a San Diego and come in and the last minute to steal him away from Philly

This....

Welp, he was my first choice, doubt we get him but I have to hold some kind of faith I haven’t wasted away 3 months of my life staring at rumors ?

In all fairness to RH.....he deserves some of this blame but wasn’t the Great negotiator Jerry Reinsdorf the one in complete control of negotiations, they needed the experienced negotiator that is Jerry to run the show.....someone with much higher experience.....this is where it doesn’t matter what GM you prop up there as a puppet, if JR is as stubborn as he has been it will continue to get you absolutely nowhere and this organization will continue down the path of failure

Oh he’s easily going to top the 300 mark no doubt, that is the new starting point for Harper now but i doubt its going to be as high as I think he might have initially gotten to if the Sox landed Machado.... if it goes up it won’t be because the Whitesox, that’s for sure, we weren’t going to 300 mil on the player we WANTED let alone our second choice

In all honesty this couldn’t have played out any worse for Boras, he is left with the Phillies offer and the shit show of the Chicago Whitesox who are incompetent so basically the Phillies, so any real chance to drive up harpers price in my opinion went out the window

Yep..... without lucking into MJ this dude would only have one championship to his name with two franchises in one of the biggest markets in the USA.....

Yeah JR is the one who needs to come out with a statement, he’s probably celebrating on how much $$ he now gets to pocket by losing out on Machado. Is it a coincidence that he employs clowns in both organizations he owns?

I don’t necessarily know if I can blame Hahn for this though, this has JR stench all over it. It sounds like he didn’t want to push the 300 mil guaranteed and this was the only play Hahn had was to have the signing be incentive based to have a competitive offer over 300 mil

To me this goes back to what I was saying earlier. The Whitesox were not in a position to call anyone’s bluff on a take it or leave it scenario whether be setting a deadline or being cautious with the money. This is essentially what happened. The agent said we got someone at 300 mil, the Sox called their bluff and said no and we lost out on what we really thought we had in the bag. They will continue to lose out on big named free agents with having the worries of saving a buck mentality JR has. It’s sad, but true you can’t have nice things thinking that way especially when going into this offseason it was well known both Harper and Machado were looking for around 300 mil...

Oh I agree was just venting, the score had been like a whitesox funeral today.....

What is an extra 5 mil over 10 years gonna do to your pocket book later down the line even if he regresses??

Ha....cmon man I think there needs to many more steps than 5, I’ve been on the road all damn day and can’t get past anger and depression and to think about Harper now not coming here is crazy lol

All of these leaks smell like Jerry was too cheap to guarantee 300 but would be willing to go to 350 with incentives....cheap bastard

Meh he’s not coming here anyways so who cares.......today is depressing

Proud of the offer? Cmon man, they didn’t land the guy because the Sox wouldn’t pony up the guaranteed money but blew 13 mil in Jay and Alonso instead and still missed

If Lozano contacted them saying this is final chance to match the offer and they thought he was bluffing every single damn one of them in the front office needs to be shitcanned

Yay for this rebuild!!!