Jose Abreu

Is it safe to say he's been figured out?

Oh, that's what he meant. The way the post was written, I thought he meant we were the 2nd best offer or something.

The Sox went after Yelich?

Me too but I don't think Arizona lets Goldschmidt go away. Same with Arenado in Colorado.

I guess I may be displaying recency bias, because with the way this team has played, I've seen posters just giving up on the Machado dream on the basis that he wouldn't want to come here. All I know is that I trust us to at least be competitive with our offer. None of that 3 year max BS we saw with Cespedes.

That's funny, I see it the other way around. I think people believe we have virtually no chance, when I think we will at least be up there in terms of money offered

You could literally add Harper (let's say 40 mil) and Machado (30 mil) to next year's payroll, plus arbitration guys, and we likely would still be outside of the top 8 in payrolls. It definitely won't happen, but it speaks to the flexibility.

That's true. I really believe that we will be that team for Machado (he may not accept, but I think we'll offer him the most money).

Tim Anderson

Fulmer, Yoan, and Abreu deserve most of the praise, but that first inning was a team effort. 7 straight hits to start the game was really something.

Where is the little icon that tells you which # post each post is within the thread? Is that gone?

I'd be fine with either Yolmer or Tim there, with the other hitting 6th or 7th

To be fair there are guys like Gomez and Cedeno who are good but not on the 40 man

Abreu is so fun to watch at the plate. His swing is beautiful

In my opinion both Nicky and Matt are hitting too well for limited roles right now

By my count that's the 5th time this year Yoan has struck out looking on a pitch that was actually ball 4

The 22 year old with the .860 OPS is a BUST!

Welcome! lol

I don't want Kopech to have to deal with all the misplays/errors though! ?

Yet people complain about us paying for half of Shields' contract

Is it bad that I still think a loss is a very real possibility tonight

Mr. Consistency himself

Yoan is hitting for the cycle today

It's like elementary school kickball. Engel is that one kid who never kicks it out of the infield. Except it's Major League Baseball, and that analogy isn't really that far-fetched

Everyone made hard contact except for Engel