January 13, 20197 yr Quote No one knows the outcome for sure, but unless there’s a dramatic twist in these negotiations, their ultimate destinations are becoming clearer. Harper will be in Philadelphia and Machado will be playing for the White Sox.
January 13, 20197 yr Might be time to change the dynamic and play offense. If we believe the Yankees are out and the 'mystery team' is a negotiating tactic, it would appear to boil down to Philly or Sox. What if we put forth our final, final offer (okay to publish it) and a 48 hour deadline to accept or decline. Make MM and his agent confront the possibility that the market could shrink to a universe of one (Philly) and even they might be 'iffy' dependent on Harper situation. Its starting to feel like we are being played and its not obvious they have negotiating leverage. Lets stop being patsies.
January 13, 20197 yr At the bottom of Nightengale article, he basically says Sox are expected to sign Machado. On phone, otherwise, would have copied and pasted his language. Edited January 13, 20197 yr by maggsmaggs
January 13, 20197 yr 1 minute ago, Sockin said: No one knows the outcome for sure, but unless there’s a dramatic twist in these negotiations, their ultimate destinations are becoming clearer. Harper will be in Philadelphia and Machado will be playing for the White Sox. Keep going, I'm almost there
January 13, 20197 yr So if we magically set up and announce we are meeting Bryce next Saturday would the narrative change to us being the favorites because we would be the most recent team to be with him? Would we be the flavor of the week? Not that I dont agree that they are the favorites to sign him, just the reasoning of "they met for 5 hours!" just is funny to me. Edited January 13, 20197 yr by Ross Gload Fan
January 13, 20197 yr So Bob is saying Harper will sign with Philadelphia and Machado will sign with us? That means Harper will sign with us and Machado will sign with Philadelphia.
January 13, 20197 yr "No one knows the outcome for sure, but unless there’s a dramatic twist in these negotiations, their ultimate destinations are becoming clearer. Harper will be in Philadelphia and Machado will be playing for the White Sox."
January 13, 20197 yr 2 minutes ago, soxfan49 said: "No one knows the outcome for sure, but unless there’s a dramatic twist in these negotiations, their ultimate destinations are becoming clearer. Harper will be in Philadelphia and Machado will be playing for the White Sox." The big question is so who signs first and when?
January 13, 20197 yr I do have a question though, say something unexpected happens and Harper signs first. Mannys market at that point is the white Sox. I wonder what he gets and if Phillies really still put any heat there.
January 13, 20197 yr 2 minutes ago, soxfan49 said: "No one knows the outcome for sure, but unless there’s a dramatic twist in these negotiations, their ultimate destinations are becoming clearer. Harper will be in Philadelphia and Machado will be playing for the White Sox." That seems like quite a confident statement from Bob. I wonder if this is to try to put an end to the stalemate that seems to be going on between the Sox and Machado.
January 13, 20197 yr Very good news if Harper signs with Philly, but I'm always weary of a mystery team swooping in, until Machado actually signs the contract.
January 13, 20197 yr Just to amuse myself. 1b Abreu/Yonder 2b Moncada 3b Machado SS Anderson C Wellington OF Eloy and Dogshit SP Gio/Lopez/Rodon/Nova/Dogshit BP Decent Hm. Would want the team to add Harper (or I guess pollock) as well and find one more SP.
January 13, 20197 yr It will be cool having Machado and Moncada in the same line up. Could think of some good songs with those names. A long with Yonder, Yoan and Yolmer.
January 13, 20197 yr 3 minutes ago, CWSpalehoseCWS said: That seems like quite a confident statement from Bob. I wonder if this is to try to put an end to the stalemate that seems to be going on between the Sox and Machado. I wouldn't put any stock in it. He makes these statements all the time and is almost always wrong.
January 13, 20197 yr 6 minutes ago, bmags said: Gonna lol if they have to put Bryce in center. Don't laugh too hard - the Sox may have to put Machado at SS.
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