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lol what

I like this man.

Something I just learned: The Sox drafted him in 2008 https://www.cbs19news.com/sports/headlines/19617739.html

So, this tweet and the fact that the rumor mill is now churning out Machado --> Yankees, Harper --> Cubs has gotten me thinking: Does baseball need a tougher luxury tax? Right now, here's the penalties: I think baseball should look at it's penalties for other areas - such as the international market and comp picks. If a team exceeds the luxury tax, I think they could incur the following penalties in addition to the luxury tax payments. - No draft picks may be signed for an amount exceeding $300,000 in the following draft (this is akin to the international cap punishment that the Sox suffer for signing Robert) - Loss of highest draft pick for every $5M over the tax. - FA signings are capped at $10M/2YR the following off-season. Now, I know if these were all done together it might be too much, but I think any one of these penalties tacked on might start making teams think twice. I think they'd be completely reasonable if they're only put in place for repeat offenders / a reasonable amount over the tax threshold.

Well, Harper to Cubs and Machado to Yankees would be just about the worst.

Well fuck

For the most part, no. Now that we've both provided strong, empirical arguments, let SoxTalk decide.

RE-OPEN THE SPECULATION FELLAS. I just want Mr. Bones Wild Ride to end.

Yuuup

Well, that's the most deflating.

The craziest part is Moncada's batters eye. Wasn't there some insane stat where if a strike three had been properly called a ball, he'd have like 50 less strikeouts?

This is basically how I feel. I'd like to get Kikuchi on board, but both he and Pomeranz would fit if they sign Harper/Machado or not.

Hawk nicknaming every Cuban player with some sort of heavy artillery is backfiring.

Heyman is dragging Bruce. Beautiful.

Same hope here. I can see With going above him - need someone else to sneak ahead.

I'm also cool with that.

Holy hell we need a rumor with a name attached.

All I can say is lol

Langeliers at 11, Witt at 9.

I'd be down for Britton.

Machado can be the Rudolph that leads us to the World Series.

This tweet and nothing else.

Based on this tweet and nothing else, I like the Sox odds.