Jose Abreu

I've always thought he might be. He puts out positive articles about us like this every year.

If Madrigal and/or Robert see major league playing time in 2019, then the FO is way worse than I would have ever imagined

Either to get more money out of Philly, or they really aren't the frontrunners and are being used to increase interest among other teams

You really had to put this in the Harper thread?

Agreed. It's just a matter of how much Uncle Jerry is willing to guarantee.

That's how I took it

Bob is wrong per usual, the plane left hours ago. Unless of course Middleton sent his private jet out from Vegas without him on it

According to a Phillies message board I've been lurking, Middleton's plane left Vegas this afternoon. Obviously without an agreement.

If I told you that Nick Madrigal and Yoan Moncada had the same amount of strikeouts today, you would say...

And this is a good thing.

He was awful in 2011, but from that point on, Dunn's performance was pretty much in line with what he was being paid to do.

Harper confirmed

Purely on the field, yes, Machado is worth more than Harper. But that's not the whole equation, and front offices take these other factors into account.

Nah, there was at least some humor in his downfall. This is just downright obnoxious

First time I've ever put a poster on ignore

Machado's press conference is 9:30 AM in Arizona tomorrow. I'll guess that Harper signs about 5 minutes before that. The Boras/Lozano mutual hatred is real.

I thought he did a good job of illustrating the major flaws with each of the reported Harper suitors

So they can't support both Harper and Corbin, but they allegedly have the funds to bring in Harper, Keuchel, and Kimbrel?

Not saying that, just saying that they certainly have it in them to be cheap

They were pretty cheap when they let Washington outbid them on Corbin after proclaiming to the world that they would not be outbid

Perhaps. Also possible they increased it from 8/250 to 8/250 with more incentives and vesting options. In any case, I think the Sox are doing a good job right now of controlling the message and making everyone think they're out on Harper. I highly doubt that they convert though.

And they were wrong. Gomez and Passan were right.