Bob Sacamano

They might as well have not signed Lowrie and not traded for Cano. That money could have gone towards signing Machado.

I guess yeah. Theres nothing else they could do but up their offer and bid against themselves. Which I wouldn't care about either. Other teams do it. Eventually we will have to too. Might as well with a 26-year old star.

If I had to guess, make an offer and then wait for him to accept.

Like a week ago. Realistically, probably when Spring Training starts.

It means nothing until he is officially signed.

So they could deal Verdugo in a deal for Realmuto, deal Pederson for a cheap, controllable MLB ready RP or two, and then sign Josh Harrison or Marwin Gonzalez, 2 versatile players (we know they love those types of players). Must feel good to be in that kind of position.

Probably. Their team has so much versatility. Any other bargain type players they can get a steal on at either 2B or OF in free agency?

Bellinger (if Muncy is at 1B), Pollock, Taylor, Hernandez, Toles in the OF still. Could their starting OF be (from LF-RF) Taylor, Pollock, Bellinger without Pederson? Edit: ...unless they they end up deciding to get really creative to move some money (Hill) for Harper.

Well, looks like they won't be in long then.

This is all I want at this point. Thank God a new videogame came out today to distract me for the weekend from all of this.

Ruiz, Verdugo, Barnes (Marlins have said they want a veteran MLB catcher back in a deal so he can be a throw in)? Or does it need one more lower prospect?

Right. This guy's 26 not 30. If now isn't the time to overspend on free agent, when will it be? Seriously, go 10 years/$300m. Would anyone be mad if that ended up being the final number if he accepted it with the Sox? I wouldn't.

Maybe they're working on getting this deal official before moving onto Pederson?

I think that one guy on Twitter who is now backtracking his comments from yesterday said that is the package. So take it with a huge grain of salt.

Well announced as in agreed to. But then a few days later you hear that it is official and a 40-man roster move is made. Free agents anyway.

I was going to say, maybe they're waiting for Pollock to be officially announced first.

Yep. Just hide him against lefties.

I did notice that too about Jay. He holds against lefties for sure and doesn't need to be platooned.

And as mentioned, guys like Palka and Demonico have options so they can go get every day at bats in the minors.

Assuming true and we get both Pederson and Manny, do you go out and add a right-handed bat for the bench like a Brandon Guyer or Danny Valencia?

Anyone betting on the Super Bowl?

My boss kind of hinted that we would be able to work from home today if it wasn't for the fact we have meetings all day in my department. However, it's supposed to snow late Sunday/early Monday and be really cold all week (highs of -6 and -9 on Wednesday and Thursday) so I'm thinking at least 2 days of working from home next week.

Tell me about it....my department has meetings all day tomorrow. Thank God mine are done at noon. I have 3 1-hour meetings back-to-back-to-back. Fuck that ha.

So you're saying it likely gets announced tomorrow, either before or during Soxfest?

Seems like it.