Just whip that wallet out and sign him right there in his hometown.

6 minutes ago, soxfan2014 said:

Just whip that wallet out and sign him right there in his hometown.

Maybe harper wants go to Dodgers.

Just now, peavy44 said:

Maybe harper wants go to Dodgers.

Peavy, where are you from?

I am itching for some news right now. Any bit would be awesome at this point.

2 hours ago, Dick Allen said:

Fangraphs has him higher than that. 

Sure I prefer DRS and use BR. They also make it much easier carve up the data but regardless of which method you use both say Harper is a bad defender and neither WAR totals justify the kind of contract is looking for. 

He is looking for perennial MVP type money 7-10 WAR. Even fangraphs which is less hard on his defense has him worth 3 WAR, 4.8 WAR, 3.5 WAR the last three years. None of those years justify 40 million AAV

kenwo (I know) spoke to nightengale (I know) and nightingale said we have only a slim chance. Kurkijan said a similar thing on the sox talk podcast. I'm starting to believe them

Nightengale saying we might try to add both Harper AND Machado.  Suddenly he’s my favorite insider and I overlook all his previous missteps!

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IMO UZR >>>>> DRS, DRS gets way too funky at the extremes. Every year there are guys at both ends of DRS with absurd numbers that aren't close to what the other defensive metrics capture. It also has too drastic of an effect on bWAR for pitchers. The credit BR gave Nola in 2018 for the Phillies' DRS rating was ridiculous. I'm not putting much stock in Bryce's 2018 DRS numbers.

8 minutes ago, wrathofhahn said:

Sure I prefer DRS and use BR. They also make it much easier carve up the data but regardless of which method you use both say Harper is a bad defender and neither WAR totals justify the kind of contract is looking for. 

He is looking for perennial MVP type money 7-10 WAR. Even fangraphs which is less hard on his defense has him worth 3 WAR, 4.8 WAR, 3.5 WAR the last three years. None of those years justify 40 million AAV

Remember - the price of 1 WAR on the free agent market is something close to $9 million right now, on average. A $400 million contract is not saying it's a 7-10 WAR player, not these days.

5 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Nightengale saying we might in on both Harper AND Machado.  Suddenly he’s my favorite insider and I overlook all his previous missteps!

Nightengale said harper to phillies  few weeks ago.

https://twitter.com/JSalisburyNBCS/status/1072570509919969280?s=19

how well  do you think Eloy will do this year once he bought up?

3 minutes ago, whitesoxwinner said:

kenwo (I know) spoke to nightengale (I know) and nightingale said we have only a slim chance. Kurkijan said a similar thing on the sox talk podcast. I'm starting to believe them

Nightengale is Bowden levels of bad.

2 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Nightengale saying we might try to add both Harper AND Machado.  Suddenly he’s my favorite insider and I overlook all his previous missteps!

Was this a tweet? I didn't see it when I scanned his feed.

Just now, timbo8 said:

how well  do you think Eloy will do this year once he bought up?

God forbid if he struggles, people will freak the fuck out. 

Just now, timbo8 said:

how well  do you think Eloy will do this year once he bought up?

He's a monster, but he'll also be a 22 year old rookie. The projection systems have him at something in the low .800s of OPS and ~3-ish WAR and I think those numbers are probably reasonable if he's healthy.

Just now, peavy44 said:

Nightengale said harper to phillies  few weeks ago.

He was just on MLBN and that’s what he said or seemed to imply.  Obviously it’s probably complete bullshit, but sharing what was said.

Hey guys, if you were not a white sox fan, would you bet on the white sox signing harper or Machado?

2 minutes ago, Buehrle>Wood said:

https://twitter.com/JSalisburyNBCS/status/1072570509919969280?s=19

Looks they’re out of the Harper race!

(Mostly kidding)

2 minutes ago, SoxBlanco said:

Was this a tweet? I didn't see it when I scanned his feed.

MLBN interview.

1 minute ago, bmags said:

Hey guys, if you were not a white sox fan, would you bet on the white sox signing harper or Machado?

One of them, probaly yes.

Just now, bmags said:

Hey guys, if you were not a white sox fan, would you bet on the white sox signing harper or Machado?

Hard to know, because we would be looking at it from a different perspective. I'm guessing I would not think we would sign one of them.

What? I can't believe this would be true considering he has to be at the Meetings. But apparently this guy is a reporter? Merkin and Holmes follow him.

 

 

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8 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Nightengale saying we might try to add both Harper AND Machado.  Suddenly he’s my favorite insider and I overlook all his previous missteps!

I really hope this is true. 

2 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:

He's a monster, but he'll also be a 22 year old rookie. The projection systems have him at something in the low .800s of OPS and ~3-ish WAR and I think those numbers are probably reasonable if he's healthy.

Once he comes up we should have a predict his numbers thread. I think I was the best when we did that with Abreu. I think I got indirectly accused of cheating like editing after the fact.