2 minutes ago, fathom said:

This is Varitek's wife.  Boston fans seem to think this means either David Robertson to Boston or Manny to Yanks.

Followed up by the White Sox signing Sale and his labrum or elbow falling off.

2 minutes ago, peavy44 said:

Did u read my article Yankees only paying manny $210M.

"Article"?  This ought be good.

 

 

Yanks have shown a hard limit in negotiating this offseason. Sox just need to beat it.

Of course everyone thinks he wants to play for the Yanks.. who wouldn’t want to play for them.. jfc. Smh 

Just now, bmags said:

Yanks have shown a hard limit in negotiating this offseason. Sox just need to beat it.

Yep, need to blow him away with an offer.  He was never choosing the Sox if their offer was even in the same vicinity as the Yanks.

it the same old  stuff the national media

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

Rick Hahn:  Meet a situation known as "backed into a corner"

Aka, poop or get off the pot.

Edited December 21, 20187 yr by caulfield12

1 hour ago, fathom said:

I thought so too until I read this article.  Lots of things trending the wrong way

https://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2018/9/15/17862888/arizona-diamondbacks-aj-pollock-swing-rate-sprint-speed

Pollock's not what he was.

Most articles I read are not taking the White Sox very seriously with Machado or Harper. That could be good. That could be bad .

Tanks willing to trade andujar. Yup Manny to yanks. Just build up the system. Use that money into scouting and what not. Untill the sox make a name for themselves they ain't gonna attract any big name f.a. which is fine if they do what they gotta do

 

Everybody is getting so down right now. The Yankee media is talking the morale up because they had to sit through what we had to the last 2 days. Spinning positivity as actual facts to get people off the ledge. We are still in this thing. I truly believe that. We may not have the prestige, but money talks and we will be there in the end. Cheer up, everyone.

21 minutes ago, fathom said:

 

He later linked to the video of the comments being said on the YES Network. At the end of the video Jack said the Yankees have not "officially" made an offer. 

Are Sox fans better off (if we somehow don't sign either guy) for having once again gotten our hopes up and actually conceptualized a world in which we could believe these signings might take place....or the front office having said nothing publicly and kept it all a secret, for fear of the backlash if everything went to hell?

 

The problem we're likely to have NEXT off-season is the fact we're almost going to have to add at least a #2 starter on the free agent or trade market...which means they would have to focus like a laser-beam on Arenado or Rendon, with the likelihood that at least one of them won't even be available at this time next year.

As much as we say we should avoid an overpay here for a guy who might be a #5-10 talent in MLB (as opposed to A-Rod when he went to the Rangers)...isn't it going to be even more difficult not to overpay next year when there's only one really legit 3B on the market?

I guess Sox fans will survive this, we've already survived a century, after all...but Harper to the Cubs would be the ultimate gut-punch.

Edited December 21, 20187 yr by caulfield12

If they don't land Manny, I truly believe they move Yoan to 3rd and sign someone like Dozier.  Adding no core pieces this offseason would be pathetic by Hahn though.  As for getting the hopes up for the fans, they deserve every criticism they'll receive if they miss out on both.

2 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Are Sox fans better off (if we somehow don't sign either guy) for having once again gotten our hopes up and actually conceptualized a world in which we could believe these signings might take place....or the front office having said nothing publicly and kept it all a secret, for fear of the backlash if everything went to hell?

 

The problem we're likely to have NEXT off-season is the fact we're almost going to have to add at least a #2 starter on the free agent or trade market...which means they would have to focus like a laser-beam on Arenado or Rendon, with the likelihood that at least one of them won't even be available at this time next year.

As much as we say we should avoid an overpay here for a guy who might be a #5-10 talent in MLB (as opposed to A-Rod when he went to the Rangers)...isn't it going to be even more difficult not to overpay next year when there's only one really legit 3B on the market?

I guess Sox fans will survive this, we've survived a century...but Harper to the Cubs would be the ultimate gut-punch.

I just don't see it.

20 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:

Most articles I read are not taking the White Sox very seriously with Machado or Harper. That could be good. That could be bad .

I think it's a good thing to be honest.  With that said, you and I have talked about how this is like a college recruiting battle.  Hearing about Manny's positive body language is like hearing how a recruit looked like he was having a good time out at the bars.

Andrew Miller is toast

3 minutes ago, fathom said:

I think it's a good thing to be honest.  With that said, you and I have talked about how this is like a college recruiting battle.  Hearing about Manny's positive body language is like hearing how a recruit looked like he was having a good time out at the bars.

Yeah I always get a kick out of body language comments. Manny and his wife are getting their asses kissed more than any of us could imagine. How could their body language be anything but great?

3 hours ago, ChiliIrishHammock24 said:

He doesn't have a source anyway, so ignore it.

... you realize that we know that you are literally one of his Facebook sources, right?

Edited December 21, 20187 yr by Jose Abreu

39 minutes ago, Ross Gload Fan said:

Everybody is getting so down right now. The Yankee media is talking the morale up because they had to sit through what we had to the last 2 days. Spinning positivity as actual facts to get people off the ledge. We are still in this thing. I truly believe that. We may not have the prestige, but money talks and we will be there in the end. Cheer up, everyone.

I know Max Wildstein has a blue check mark, but he's just another one of the Yankee fanboys to me. Rosenthal, Heyman, Morosi are all that really matter

2 minutes ago, Jose Abreu said:

I know Max Wildstein has a blue check mark, but he's just another one of the Yankee fanboys to me. Rosenthal, Heyman, Morosi are all that really matter

The Max stuff was from Jack Curry though, and supposedly Michael Kay was told last night that Manny wants to go to the Yankees