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Wouldn't mind it at all if we get Machado. Who else will play RF? I'm fine with Palka being a LH power bat off the bench.

What evidence or reporting have you seen that indicates the White Sox will not offer him as much as the other two teams?

There's more value to Ricky than just overcoming language barriers. I imagine he's able to connect with someone like Machado and the wife on a level Kapler or Boone can't.

I think Renteria is probably a much better asset in the Machado sweepstakes than Gabe Kapler or Aaron Boone.

At this point, I think NYY would probably be best to play Andujar at 1b when Didi returns if they got Machado.

If they sign Machado, do they sign someone like Brantley to play RF?

Does this mean he cost 25 runs or saved 25 runs? What is average/above average/below average?

The Miami Marlins have unilaterally agreed to a deal with both Bryce Harper and Manny Machado each receiving 10 years at 3 million dollars per.

Eloy still needs to check some boxes.

I'm leaving

my source says sox will offer a wild contract

If a friend asks a girl out and she likes him but instead decides to date a Kennedy, are you mad at him?

Your argument is essentially "One team decided they wanted a better defensive backup so they traded their part time catcher, therefore, it is impossible for part time catchers to exist at all (even though other teams have had part time catchers recently)"

Wilson Contreras split time at LF and C when they won the World Series. Why couldn't you "prepare as a backup catcher" and when game starts, go play 1b? Its not like a NFL quarterback.

I don't follow. Catchers don't prepare to hit? Cubs have done this as recently as two years ago.

Is this a thing? Why would they want to do that?

The simple answer is because Gardner cost them like 8 million vs. the 30+ million Harper will want and they'd rather spend to improve in areas other than OF. If they wanted to be in on Harper, why wouldn't they let Gardner go and sign him or another corner guy if they miss out on Harper? That'd make more sense to me.

I love how the entire board is celebrating peavy44 and calling him a soon-to-be-legend and he's spent the last 10 pages of the thread threatening to leave for lack of respect.

That assumes the 2020/second wave guys are good instantly.

Anderson. The fact that prospects tend to disappoint in their first year or two seems like an argument for augmenting the roster with smart free agent signings as more prospects get promoted. Otherwise, by the time the next wave comes and settles in, the current wave will be on their way out or getting expensive.

I don't understand why some fans would resist improvement because it doesn't make the team an instant title contender. If you have no third basemen and two giant holes in the rotation and there are no prospects ready at those positions, whats the downside? The time to tank is over. As others have said, if you are going to wait for the team to become great organically, you'll rebuild forever. Over a quarter of the team next year will be long term pieces and they are burning service time. Smart additions are exactly what the team needs.

Isn't he hitting like 400 in AFL? That seems weird to lose confidence in the hit tool when a guy is in the middle of a hit streak.

Yankees sign Machado... Abreu + Rodon for Andujar + Sheffield + Frazier... Doesn't that help both teams?

13 months ago, in a distant bygone era, each league had a team in the playoffs with 87 or less wins.

So anything less than a 96 win team on paper is not competitive?