ChiSoxFanMike

If the Dodgers are out, who is even a possibility other than the Sox?

LET'S GO!!!!

I didn't even think about it but Bob is right in that respect. The Dodgers are extremely left handed heavy now, especially after trading Puig and Kemp. Pollock probably is the better fit for them right now and he would cost only a fraction of Harper.

It's Nightengale, but...

It'd be annoying for the Indians to get several good prospects for Kluber, but I could live with it if Harper came to the Sox.

Harper is just trolling us at this point

It doesn't, but they're obviously in on Machado. I just can't see the Sox winning a bidding war against them or even the Phillies. It sucks.

The Reds totally fucked us over. God damn.

I just can't see the Sox outbidding both the Phillies and Yankees, especially if Harper is off the board. This is the worst case scenario.

This fucking sucks.

What rumor?

Another week and a half of torture at the very least. Smh.

I would give my right nut for Machado to sign with the Sox.

Hypothetically, let's say either one of these guys are close to signing with another team. Do you think their agent would circle back to Hahn and see if he can beat that offer? I'm not really sure how the negotiation process works in regards to contracts of this magnitude.

That 8/300 figure is just pulling numbers out of nowhere, I have no idea what their offer is. My point is that the Sox need to take whatever the Yankees are willing to do and beat it significantly.

If the Yankees are offering 8 years, the Sox need to offer 10. If they're offering 300 million, the Sox need to offer 350. The Sox need to beat them in both aspects.

I remember I wanted Cespedes so badly lol

If the Yankees go 8 years, the Sox need to go 10.

Seconded.

To me, the apprehension in regards to signing Machado to play SS is more about having to shift Tim Anderson to some other position than anything else. Don't get me wrong, by no means should TA7 prevent the Sox from going after Machado, but Anderson improved significantly defensively towards the end of last year. Signing Machado would force the Sox to either move Anderson to 2B, which would displace Moncada, or CF where he has no experience...and the Sox would still have no answer at 3B.

Am I the only one that doesn't really want Machado if he insists on playing shortstop?

Marcus Stroman couldn't possibly know that Machado is going to the Yankees, right? Seems far fetched that a player on a totally different team would know that before everyone else.

The scary thing is that Peavy is clearly a grown man and I'm like 99% sure English is his first language.

They need to fix that god awful bullpen first and foremost. Harper or no Harper, they won't win anything with the bums they have right now.