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You have this twisted. Manny told his friend he’s going to Yankees, and he has given any confirmation to Yankees, hence no credible writer is willing to pick this up.

Not in the age of Twitterverse.

I haven’t seen that. But if it’s Manny telling his associates and it’s leaked, then it seems like a text book method of driving up bidding. As I said a few posts back, until Manny gives Yankees any confirmation directly, the door is still open for Sox and Phillies.

This confirms what I am saying. Nothing has been finalized. Things are subjected to change and it’s all smoke and screen write now. And a professional journalist wouldn’t publicly say he’s putting his balls on the line.

You have to look past the surface here. Clark’s source was a friend of Machado. Manny telling his friend would be a consideration on his decision (again this may very well be a plant) Manny telling the Yankees would be an agreement. Had Manny given Yankees any sort of agreement, the local NY beat writers and the national guys would have confirmed by now. But last we heard from the national guys is Heyman reporting that yankees turning their attention to bullpen while Manny’s future is up in the air. FWIW, MLBTR have not even reported this rumor, because Manny telling a friend isn’t a credible method of contractual agreement at all.

I will say this, until a verbal or written agreement is made, the door is still open for the Sox and all that is stopping them from closing the door on the other side is buffing their offer.

All Clark reported is Manny is considering signing with Yankees if everything stands as is. However nowhere did he mention a verbal or written agreement was given from Manny’s camp. As I said before I give this a 75% chance Manny’s camp leaked this rumor to Clark and is using him as a pawn to drive up “final” offer from Sox or Phillies. If we are serious about getting a whale, we gotta bite and pony up with additional $$.

I know “final” offer was submitted, but all indication points to Machado does not yet have a verbal agreement with the Yankees. Now is the chance for the Sox pony up another $20-30 mil to turn the ship the other way. Right now every dollar Sox adds to their offer will cost Yankees more. If this ends up being a ploy by Manny’s camp then so be it, we need to bite. We need a whale one way or another.

I am hoping it was Danny Valencia or some other Hispanic dude who leaked the rumor to Clark.

How much are we talking about? I may want in on this.

Their defense allowed a TOTAL of 420 yards and gotten 12 sacks the last 2 games. They have talents on both sides of the ball and may just need to string together a few wins to become dangerous again.

Both Vikings and Seahawks defense are clicking at the right time and could be scary to go against in the playoffs. But Seattle would the team I’d rather face.

They’re both not finished products and have shown flashes of their potential. When it’s all said and done they could still be very good players. And I don’t think anyone considers Giolito to be higher profile or more critical addition than Eloy, Kopech or Robert.

Well this board has gone completely doom and gloom tonight, has the grinch come out and stole everyone’s Christmas already? Are we destined for failure if we don’t overpay for Machado or Harper? Baseball is a long game, one season does not define the career of a prospect. If this team is making you that depressed, you should step away from this board and come back in a year (Parkman you seriously never have anything positive to write about). This season hasn’t been great in terms of the player development, but there are positives and that constantly being overlooked - Cease went from a destined bullpen guy to a TOR type pitcher, Rutherford bounced back decently from an awful first year, guys like Basabe, Adolfo, and Dunning (amongst others) showing significant improvements. Eloy was actually more impressive this year than last, but I guess people are tired of placing hope on him already. Injury bug bit us pretty bad, but that shouldn’t stop the kids from bouncing back next season when health (with maybe only Burger having long term impact from injury). The only top prospect you could really write off right now is Fulmer. On the ML side Moncada and Giolito has shown signs of being quality MLB players, even though they may not be perennial all stars and they should still be MLB regulars cost controlled for the next 5 years. Lopez at least looks like a solid future #3. I think had injuries not hit, this season would be in line with how player development would play out for most organizations save the Braves. It’s not all doom and gloom as guys are making it seem after losing hope on MM and Harper.

Presentation is key. Make sure you strategically place the box over a certain area when you gift it to Manny.

Looks like Eddie Jackson will not play this week either. But I dont think we need him to take care of the Niners. I hope we get both of them back next week against the Vikings, beat them on their home turf to knock them out of the playoffs.

tlongo has nothing on this troll!

Peavy44 has been the real MVP of this board for the last 3 weeks. He’s 1) provided endless entertainment, 2) made everyone question things they read on Internet, 3) made posters spell check before posting, 4) increased post count of every poster, 5) increased + scores for every poster. For that Peavy44, you deserve recognition as the Soxtalk troll of the month for December (still early, but no one will catch up, seriously). and are the favorite for troll poster of the year (TPOY) honor.

It's from a highly reliable source on Facebook (guy is a dating a the girl who is an ex of a guy whose grandpa's brother is a janitor for the Cubs in the 70's). I would post screenshots but I don't want to risk exposing them.

Secret meeting with the Cubs.

Because there are others teams willing to give him a shot at SS.

For starters, he recently came out and said that he would rather retire than to play a position other than SS, which eventually led to his release (Toronto has Guriel and Bichette ready to fill in at SS). Several other teams are going to give him a shot at SS, Cubs included. So you will not see Tulo playing 3B for the Sox.

We had been worry about the Bryant and Harper friendship when we should be celebrating the NickyD and BHarp friendship.

Someone.. quick!... we need to run a captcha test on ptatc

It only gets weird when we're interacting on a message board where robots are posting on the other end. Until then, it isn't THAT weird.