Bob Sacamano

We would definitely have some potential trade chips for the summer that's for sure.

Eloy Harper Brantley might be the worst defensive OF ever ha

Yeah with the question being: Who do you think the Sox will sign? The guy in the MLBTR chat the other day point out that trying to put odds on this stuff is weird because how can one possibly quantify odds or percentages on something like this? I'm clearly not an accountant or anything....

Yeah they could easily be being used right now by agents since they have so much payroll flexibility.

3/45 was the MLBTR prediction. I could see it.

Believe it all. Just because they could be targeting a bunch of guys doesn't mean they intend on signing them all. Like looking for a corner OF bat, they would obviously grab one and stop pursing others. Off-season talks are always fluid and things are always changing.

Yes. Technically, there is always a chance of an outcome.

Would anyone really expect him not to meet with both teams?

Are the GM meetings still going on?

Ha, I thought the same.

Are you a newer poster here? 28 is nothing compared to a lot of other posts in the past (Peavy deal, going after Tanaka, going after Cespedes, etc.).

I think it was the 2014-2015 off-season.

It's very possible Donaldson takes a 1 year deal to get healthy and play a full season to try and get a 3-4 year deal next year. He might get something like 1 year $20m.

100% this. I doubt it would impact their decision much. Still need to offer the most money.

I wouldn't pay ~$25m a year for an innings eater.

If this is legit, then that sucks. But you have to take everything you read with a grain of salt in the off-season.

Seems like Gordon is going back to 2B and Cano moves into a 1B/DH role.

There's like 3 other minor leaguers involved. So nope, this isn't even that kind.

Oh I was just joking since the Astros picked up a player associated with domestic abuse.

Getting a guy like Machado is adding for the core going forward (hopefully for at least 5 seasons). Adding guys like Cruz, another position player, and a couple pitchers to go along with that big signing opens up our window sooner.

Sources say that the Astros are still in the mix.

Yep, hence the "I think" in his Tweet.

Easy. Machado plays SS for a few months and then when Didi is back, there is a rotation in the DH spot. Also, Andujar is a butcher at 3B and can pick up a 1B glove as well. Let's just hope the Yankees buy Corbin and Happ and don't free up much payroll. Edit: off the top of my head, I can't think of who else the Yankees are really spending a lot on besides Stanton. I know CC is back at $8m and they re-structured Gardner's contract so he would be making less at $7.5m. Edit 2: oh yeah....Ellsbury. I bet Cashman will be working hard to move that some of that contract this off-season.

Ha, any time I say anything pessimistic or predict things to go poorly, in the back of my mind I think "man would I love to be proven wrong."

Well maybe not intentionally, but if they do sign guys to 1-2 year deals and the team is doing poorly mid-season, we suddenly have guys we can sell off. I kind of expect 2019 to be the last year they make those kind of moves.