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I feel like these guys are getting close to signing. I'd be shocked if they didn't sign this week

QUOTE (hi8is @ Jan 2, 2016 -> 04:15 PM) Our clothes will go out style by the time they sign. That can be the new game. By the time they sign lol

Nightingale gets fed info so why would he talk about their motivation?

Here we go... Says it sounds like it's 3yrs or nothing instead of a 5 year opt out after 3 for the White Sox. I don't buy this info at all. Hasn't said anything informative at all which is what we all thought.

QUOTE (bschmaranz @ Jan 2, 2016 -> 10:20 AM) It's total comedy listening to the people on the score try to pronounce Cespedes. "Sees-pay-days" Levine is awful. Cespaydees and said Jorge Soler like Jorgay LOL

Nightingale coming on in about 20 minutes. I'll post what he says, although it'll be what he's already tweeted and mentioned before.

QUOTE (Jose Paniagua @ Jan 2, 2016 -> 08:43 AM) Nightengale will be on 670 this morning, 9:20 Thanks for the heads up.ill be listening.

QUOTE (peavy44 @ Jan 1, 2016 -> 11:54 PM) Maybe cespedes takes a 1 year deal if he don't get offered the money he wanna. No chance IMO. He'll get his money. So will Gordon and Upton.

QUOTE (SoCalSox @ Jan 1, 2016 -> 10:22 PM) Nightengale & I want to say Heyman does, too. I am a worst case scenario type guy, especially with the Sox. Just want to see it official, lol. Oh absolutely. It's not done til it's official. I get that. I remember seeing years ago that Cliff Lee was a Yankee. We all know how that ended. Same thing with Chapman being a dodger. I don't remember Nightengale saying it. I think Joel Sherman did. Heyman had us as possible favorite for Gordon in an article. I just want us to get this done. I think adding Lawrie and Frazier to a solid core helps with it. I think it'll be Cespedes and Abreu will help.

QUOTE (SoCalSox @ Jan 1, 2016 -> 10:18 PM) I think it's posturing for sure, I just don't know why the Sox would have done that. Garfien seems to think they could have done this as well, too. I guess what it does confirm, yet again, is that they are right in the mix for one of these guys. Ken Rosenthal saying he expects us to land one of the two was good enough for me.

QUOTE (SoCalSox @ Jan 1, 2016 -> 10:10 PM) Max Wildstein is a buddy of mine & just told me that he spoke w/ a source that told him Nightengale's tweet was pure posturing on the White Sox's part. Take it FWIW but he went out of his way to tell me about it. Thanks for the update!

Just skimmed this thread. Fun thread. Boy was I wrong thinking stuff would heat up. Moves are taking a long time which is working in our favor.

QUOTE (SoCalSox @ Jan 1, 2016 -> 10:01 PM) Now they just need to get that last guy to complete the list. Here's to it happening. Jose Abreu is recruiting him. I hope we get him. We'll see early next week hopefully

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jan 1, 2016 -> 09:38 PM) The draft pick is another thing I don't like about the idea of signing Gordon. 3 picks in the first 2 rounds would be a really nice boost to a farm that could use it. However, for a 28 year old Upton I wouldn't mind losing the Samardzija comp pick.. One of the things I like about Cespedes besides his power/fielding/arm is that there's no comp pick attached so if the Sox were to sign him, he's an immediate boost to the lineup and the Sox still pick 3 times in the first two rounds come June. I'd really feel good about our offseason if we got Frazier, Lawrie and Cespedes and still have 3 top 50 picks.

QUOTE (hi8is @ Jan 1, 2016 -> 07:38 PM) It's one thing to tell an agent - we're not willing to do 5 years... It's an entirely different thing to say that and then back it up with a release through press that you're only wanting a 3 year deal. Makes said agent more willing to come back and meet in the middle. Just standard business, folks. So this was the White sox through Nightengale?

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Jan 1, 2016 -> 07:10 PM) How do you know that for sure unless you work in the Sox FO? I'm hoping you're right, but I'm not banking on it. Right now agents and teams leak things to the media for leverage. Question is who leaked this? Sounds like the agent to me.

These are just games with the media. Fans continue to fall for them and freak out.

Just seen this. Didn't expect to see this nugget today but they're being aggressive and want to get this done. We'll see what happens over the next 72 hours.

I'm going to go ahead and make my prediction now: Wednesday January 6, White Sox sign OF Yoenis Cespedes to 6 year $127.5 million deal.

QUOTE (SoCalSox @ Dec 31, 2015 -> 01:23 PM) Detroit is the team that worries me. It would hurt to lose out on these guys & even worse if two of the three go within the division. It's a very real possibility right now. There's definitely mutual interest. That's what concerns me the longer this goes on

Don't sleep on the Giants and Tigers.

QUOTE (SoCalSox @ Dec 31, 2015 -> 12:40 PM) I honestly think he'd sign a 4 year deal at $15M AAV to stay in KC. I think all these guys are realizing that their market isn't going to land nearly as much as they thought. Was talking to a friend last night & he brought up a good point. Heyward signs for less than most expected, which already somewhat hurt the rest of the OF market. Upton seems the most set at waiting it out & now there are rumors of him taking a 1 year deal. Cespedes has already talked about firing his agent once this year & I think they simply overstated his market & he's having a hard time coming back to reality now. Gordon obviously wants to stay with KC but wants to be making more than someone like Melky. I think he'll use all the leverage he has, especially with his agent to get KC has high as possible & will ultimately re-sign with them for lesser money than any other offer he gets. Agreed. I see Gordon going back to KC. That should leave us with Cespedes.

I have no clue what's going on LOL. I'm just waiting now til one of the mainstream guys says White Sox ink X OF to deal.

QUOTE (SoCalSox @ Dec 30, 2015 -> 09:57 PM) So after collecting some info on all of this, I think the guy got real info, put it out with a "soon" timeline & it got a lot more publicity than he thought & he tried to save face with tweets. I do think he knows someone & got some second hand info, that could end up being correct but essentially cracked under the pressure of twitter & people asking him every 5 minutes. I don't think he maliciously did it & I don't think he was particularly doing it for trolling attention. I think he got info from someone he trusted & he either jumped the gun or it was bad info. I'm not going to crush him like the idiots are. I took it with a grain of salt in the first place.

That Patrick person is full back pedal @PatrickHoward50 Sorry for jumping the gun on Yoenis Cespedes news. Will report back if I hear anything concrete! #WhiteSox.