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Maybe they don’t want philly to go in at 9 or 10 years to trump the whitesox offer of 8?

https://mobile.twitter.com/agsnetworks/status/1085010397369909248

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He isn’t confirming anything though because he leaves himself an out by saying it could happen or it could fall apart like well duh it’s got to be one thing or the other. If he was so sure I don’t think he would have left the out there for himself

It’s a good indicator of how your front office can or cannot close big named free agents, that’s for sure.

Man oh man, how’s many times will this guy get a free pass because he won a World Series back in 2005? If they miss on Manny and it is because the White Sox are trying to be the smarter/stingier man I don’t know how you can possibly give them a pass now. We’ve been to the playoffs get ready......ONE time since then and 0 in the last 10 years. Kenny and RH have probably one of the longest leashes in MLB because of owners loyalty, any other organization that is set on winning would have at least canned KW. I agree the jury is still out on RH though

The owner did say stupid money.

That’s exactly why you can’t mess around with your offers, KW and RH simply cannot be cheap here and I know there have been those that say they aren’t but at the end of the day if you have him for the taking quit fooling around and just sign the damn guy

#stupidmoney

I just got out of work myself and have been trying to follow along as well throughout the day but from what I’ve gotten is people are arguing on Twitter whether the offer is 7 or 8 years and we are upset because the whitesox are cheap and worried about what the local reporters are putting out and Sox haven’t budged? Did I miss anything else?

This better happen!!

It’s weird Passan has picked up on this and not Heyman, everything on the Machado front has seemed to come from Heyman or Nightengale as of late

It’s not just you, I feel like it has to be at least 8/275 but that’s just my hunch

I would prefer the Phillies not being involved anymore

Yeah I don’t expect the standstill to last much longer

I’m talking about pay raises automatically that would guarantee he stays in the top 3 if he decides to stay and not opt out is what I’m grtting at

No way they will lose any advantage they may have by taking a chance at pulling an offer off the table for the other whale

Could you do something along the lines with the writing in his contract that if after the first 3 years he doesn’t opt out his contract it guarantees to put him in the top 3 payroll wise every year there after?

I just hope that if they do land him his first opt out isn’t until year 4, it would suck to see the Whitesox start to get good and then see him walk at that point

https://mobile.twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1084593258360197127 anyone else think this is a HUGE mistake for owners?

So I’m going to go out on a limb and say this thread hits 6,000 posts at a minimum, what’s the record people were trying to shoot for?

I see manny having a HUGE impact on Moncada and Jimenez when he comes up

Yes, but Harper will not field final offers until Machado signs, if we lock up Machado then you will see the Harper movements because even if Philly is the final destination they are going to want a) more money than what Machado gets b) final offers even from the whitesox to use against philly which is going to need to be more than Machados deal

I really don’t think they have to hurry, Harper is not signing no way no how before Machado. Boras knows the team that does not get him will get desperate, not to mention If manny signs with the Whitesox he knows we have room for Harper still and will use us to try and up the offer on philly

I just feel like it’s a laying in the weeds type of thing going on with him. They want Machado first and foremost but I don’t think the Whitesox have given up on the Harper front