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While I still think we have a better shot at signing Harper, the timing of the meeting is definitely a good thing in my eyes. If it was going extraordinarily well to the point where he wanted to sign there, I feel like he would've wanted to stay longer and find out more. My guess is that he left early because they are so far apart on terms

Yet nothing came out yesterday about how well our meeting went with him. Seems like a missed opportunity to put pressure on Harper

I disagree. The one single player, in this context, would absolutely affect the long-term agreement, especially if it's Harper

Then wouldn't it be unwise of the Sox to formally agree to it days/weeks before the whales sign? Or does it show pessimism on their part?

If Harper is truly waiting for LAD/CHC to move pieces and offer him better contracts then he's taking a huge risk. There's probably a decent chance that Machado signs with us soon, as in before the holidays, leaving Harper stuck with the Phillies who then get all the negotiating leverage in the world. In other words, while Harper is holding out to make sure he gets the most money, he may simultaneously be screwing himself over by ridding himself of his top suitor (in terms of money)

.984 career Coors OPS, .787 career road OPS. I hope we stay far, far away from him for the price he'll probably require

I don’t think he’s legit but maybe you’ll like this

In the event that we sign Harper, I highly doubt Gonzalez, Rutherford, or maybe even Basabe are getting consistent ABs for us. Eloy-Robert-Harper would probably be the outfield

When discussing a better fit, it cannot be discounted that only Harper and Collins, if he makes it, would be left handed hitters in our lineup. Obviously Machado is the better positional fit but Harper is better at balancing the lineup.

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And even if all this is true, I still think we have a better chance at Harper

I'm just trying to figure out if you're trolling, in light of the John Twitter account and whatnot. These meetings take 5+ hours usually, it began 5 hours ago, and Levine said it would include stops around the Chicago area. I guess I'm just surprised that it would already be over given how much they seemed to have planned

I'd guess that they're still meeting right now

All of Fathom's pessimism has been transported

Which might make more sense if independent guys like Heyman weren't also in on it

Apparently he had done this over the offseason. I'd like to think this is just the Sox being incredibly cautious.

So in other words he's out for one week

http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?/topic/106656-update-per-heyman-white-sox-one-of-3-teams-meeting-machado/

Does Alex Call being out of the picture change anyone's outfield predictions? I guess he could've started in Charlotte either way

They have also posted Harper in a Phillies jersey, if that makes a difference

I haven't seen a single person guarantee a Machado signing

This puts us in a position of power, especially because our meeting with Machado is on Monday. Harper and Boras have just been sitting on our offer but now the pressure is on them and not us. If they want to risk losing their best (monetary) offer, so be it.

Reinsdorf owns the company I believe

I know it's Nightengale, but nobody comments on the idea that we want to pull a Phillies and sign both of the whales? Given that he's usually a FO mouthpiece, I haven't been able to figure out why they wanted him to tweet that.