Bob Sacamano

Yeah that angle makes sense (prevent him from going to LA). And Heyward's defense would be more valuable there in a bigger home ballpark.

Won't be from the Angels. Lucroy signed a one year deal a little bit ago.

That'd be amazing (if the Sox miss out on Machado). I'd do that in a heartbeat haha

Yeah. It would pretty much signal to never have hope in landing a huge free agent, unless one happens to be from the area and was a huge fan growing up.

Not really if they can't confirm it.

It's a mix of both extremes really.

Yep. Getting Harper (or Machado for that matter) isn't about winning next year. It's about the long-term outlook.

Outside of making trades, there's not really any moves the Sox can make to be good for next year. With or without Harper, we're still likely looking at a bad year. The Sox can afford to wait (though, I'm not sure many of the fans can lol).

Agreed. He's not saying he knows anything. Just laying out facts.

Wrong would be saying that he signed a contract extension only for him not to. It's like when jump on people reporting that 2 teams are discussing a trade for Player A, only for Player A to get dealt somewhere else. Everyone says the report is wrong just because the trade didn't happen. Is the report wrong? No. Player A just got traded somewhere else. So that's not a very good example of being "wrong."

It does seem like a negotiation tactic to get the Sox and Phillies to up their offers. But also wouldn't be shocked if it ended up being true since I've expected him to go there for more than a year now.

There was another Tweet before that said teams had submitted final offers though.

They could have a relationship off the field due to his time there? For all we know, he could have a better relationship with Dan Clark than he does with Welington Castillo.

I think most are taking it about as much as when a favorable tweet comes out about the Sox. Examples: Positive Tweet about the Sox from a nobody: random people have broken news in the past! Negative Tweet: why would anyone listen to this guy?

Definitely.

I've honestly felt all along he is going to NY. But I want him on the Sox and am slightly optimistic about our chances. Hopefully there is 0 truth to this.

Yeah the Yankees were interested in Alonso before. With their current options being a Bird/Voit platoon, Alonso still makes sense for them, even if their interest was purely about landing Machado before.

The most probable scenario.

I'd say that is more realistic for sure.

I think Robertson would be a better fit for Boston. Wants to be Northeast, has closing experience, Boston has no closer. Perfect fit.

No way they would get Haniger to take on one year of Edwin.

Back to 3B and reclaim the nickname "E5."

I don't see why unless they felt there was no longer a chance they could sign Manny, making Alonso available (I really doubt they'll deal Abreu).

It would literally be happening to two players (Edwin and Yonder). And yes, it has happened.

The Astros have plenty of guys that can use those at bats. The Astros have so much depth and versatility to the point where they can give a guy a break at the DH spot. I'm sure the injury-proned Brantley will see some time there.