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Not that we were ever going to get Happ, but the decent options on the SP market are dwindling.

Offer them 10/$350M each. 5/$240M then an opt out. Then 3/$90M then opt out. Then 2/$20M. Would be so neat. Effectively get both for 5 seasons and do everything you can to build a winner from 2020-2023.

They just said it’s a possibility, Sox can afford it, minimal payroll going forward, Reinsdorf getting old, Eloy coming up, need a 3B and RF....the fit is there, and boy would it be entertaining. Rosenthal certainly didn’t rule it out and said it would make sense and it’s feasible. They definitely weren’t breaking that they’re getting close to signing either.

Rosenthal and Dan O’Dowd pushing the Sox land Harper AND Machado storyline...

I don’t know how it couldn’t be. Manny is a well rounded player. Harper is not. Harper May have more offensive upside, but it’s also likely he’ll be a 1B or DH in half a decade, and the OF D in between isn’t going to be good. Harper could flip a switch and be the best hitter in the league the next 5 seasons, but he certainly hasn’t been that the last three seasons. I think itd need to be at least $230M over 5 years then an opt out for MM to bite. Maybe $190M over the following 5 years post opt out. 10 year $320M, opt out after 5. I see that as pretty much the cheapest these two would go for.

Except Machado is actually a better baseball player than Harper.

I still think Machado is a better fit for this team than Harper, but fuck it, I want both.

Just ignore.

He's the backup catcher?

lol

I'd take him for free. But he won't be free. So no thanks.

After 6 years..... I am not saying Collins is going to be the catcher for the White Sox for the next 2 decades. I am saying he can fill a role as a part-time catcher, part-time DH/1B for several seasons, with or without Grandal on the roster. You completely dismiss that as a possibility, because that is what you do.

Yah Evan Gattis has made a long career doing exactly what you're saying can't be done. Next.

I'd give him a minor league deal...why the heck not? Maybe he gets healthy and returns to a decent ball player. Most likely he's toast, but for the league minimum, why not?

Evan Gattis, Carlos Santana, Mike Napoli, Kyle Schwarber, even Wilson Contreras are all recent examples of guys who played catcher at least part time, or close to full time, and played other postions early in their career. Its completely conceivable that Collins could be a guy that catches 2-3 days a week, and DHs or plays 1B the others.

A handful of other guys have done it in recent years. Its not super common, but I also don't think its anywhere near as impossible as you want it to be.

Is he even able to play baseball any longer?

Yah, I disagree. 2/$26 would have been an insane value.

$25K! Enough to pay an attorney to draft the contract!

JFC

Lol

Cutch at 3/$50M plus an option is a nice little deal.

Interesting....potentially takes them out of the Harper race??? Discuss...

Hmmm.

it doesn't have to be that complicated. Yanks trade Andjuar for pitching doesn't need to be in Marlins/Mets/Realmuto deal), and POOF!, they have an opening at 3B.