December 15, 20187 yr Just now, fathom said: Some people are crazy on here. This should make people optimistic. People are just getting more antsy with every move we make. Is what it is.
December 15, 20187 yr 1 minute ago, Joshua Strong said: I need to know the corresponding move. Palka... Delmonico... one of those guys has to go, I think. Palka RF in a platoon with Adam Jones (another former teammate of Machado), Abreu DH, Delmonico dfa'd next April when Eloy comes up.
December 15, 20187 yr Just now, Dick Allen said: The Sox have room for him. The Phillies, not so much. The whole point of dumping Santana was to move Hoskins to 1B...aiyo.
December 15, 20187 yr 2 minutes ago, Joshua Strong said: I need to know the corresponding move. Palka... Delmonico... one of those guys has to go, I think. Ahhh! Harper liked Nicky's tweet! I don't know what to think!
December 15, 20187 yr 7 minutes ago, fathom said: Maybe I’m being naive, but it’s not like Hahn and Manny’s agent haven’t talked. I have a very hard time thinking this was done just to increase the chance by 1%. If this was any other team getting Yonder, we would have locked the thread for manny This is actually exactly what I was thinking. Especially after watching that video of them training.
December 15, 20187 yr I like raBBit but he's the same guy who said Edwin Encarnacion was signing with the Astros a few years ago.
December 15, 20187 yr Now we sign Harpers relative and give him $9 mil and we are golden. Get me hahn
December 15, 20187 yr 2 minutes ago, G&T said: I agree but if means so much then why didn’t the Phillies do it? They JUST dumped Santana so they could move Hoskins back to first, had the worst defense in a decade last year.
December 15, 20187 yr 1 minute ago, Rowand44 said: People are just getting more antsy with every move we make. Is what it is. It will ONLY be fine if they get Machado. Otherwise, it’s another debacle to add to Sox lore.
December 15, 20187 yr Crap just realized his option is vesting. Only needs 526 PA’s to guarantee his 2020 $
December 15, 20187 yr 1 minute ago, Whitesox27 said: I like raBBit but he's the same guy who said Edwin Encarnacion was signing with the Astros a few years ago. To be fair, Edwin was really close to signing. Not raBBit's fault that changed last minute. Edited December 15, 20187 yr by soxfan2014
December 15, 20187 yr 1 minute ago, TheFutureIsNear said: Crap just realized his option is vesting. Only needs 526 PA’s to guarantee his 2020 $ He will be the small side of he LH hitting platoon with DelMonico and Palka if Manny doesn't sign here.
December 15, 20187 yr 4 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: How would dumping Abreu for a B prospect and a lesser hitter than Palka help to secure Machado? That would mean the majority of our best hitters from what was already a pretty bad offense would be gone (Abreu, Narvaez, Davidson, Smith, Avi). I’m not saying it makes us more likely to get Machado. I’m saying he wasn’t exactly a huge WAR benefit last year even being better than Yonder. We have no idea what Abreu can net, but if it’s better than we’re expecting (think Abrue + for a CF stopgap) then we’re potentially a better team already. And we can deploy the $7-$8 million in the market (on, say Ottavino) then we might be a better team already. Edited December 15, 20187 yr by username
December 15, 20187 yr 39 minutes ago, fathom said: And I’m pretty sure I jokingly said it a month ago Good job Fathom. I would expect this will help the Sox land Machado. Why else would we acquire Alonso. Sox looking good for Manny. Hope he continues to rake if we get him.
December 15, 20187 yr I hope so much this is a good sign. But the anxiety you see is that the stakes come to he to be raised. And again I think it means these FAs were a huge part of their plan, and I worry what it means if they took out all the stops and missed out. like a Tracy McGrady moment.
December 15, 20187 yr 2 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: It will ONLY be fine if they get Machado. Otherwise, it’s another debacle to add to Sox lore. The trade by itself can in no way be a debacle.
December 15, 20187 yr 3 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: It will ONLY be fine if they get Machado. Otherwise, it’s another debacle to add to Sox lore. Yep. Maybe they can hire Machado's father in law as assistant bench coach or something just for extra insurance.
December 15, 20187 yr I have done a great job of managing my expectations as to whether or not Hahn can sign Harper or Machado; however, with this trade my constraint has been lost. Why in the heck would the Sox need another 1B/DH, makes no sense unless it is attached to a larger prize.
December 15, 20187 yr TBH, the first thought I had when I saw this trade,and I have long thought there is next to no chance of them getting Harper or Machado, was OMG, they ARE getting Manny. There really is no other reason to make this trade. Edited December 15, 20187 yr by Dick Allen
December 15, 20187 yr 2 minutes ago, bmags said: I hope so much this is a good sign. But the anxiety you see is that the stakes come to he to be raised. And again I think it means these FAs were a huge part of their plan, and I worry what it means if they took out all the stops and missed out. like a Tracy McGrady moment. Well hopefully they don’t send Yolmer Sanchez in a Benny the Bull suit to the meeting with Machado.
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