4 minutes ago, The Sir said:

If you didn't know that, I have to wonder how else you knew who Kristen Stewart is...

These Twilight movies were huge, you'd know who's starring in them just by osmosis. ?‍♂️

Edited February 18, 20197 yr by GermanSoxFan

2 minutes ago, beckham15 said:

 

Maybe a translation issue again but 8/$250 is not all too similar to 8/$240 WITH MONEY DEFERRED

It's not my money. Lets offer Harper and Machado both 8/$300 and just move on. 

1 minute ago, GermanSoxFan said:

These Twilight movies were huge, you'd know who's starring in it just by osmosis. ?‍♂️

I mean...I'd wish I knew nothing about those movies personally. 

Edited February 18, 20197 yr by Baron

23 minutes ago, drgiggles15 said:

I though Big Bob was a patsy for the others and we shouldn't believe what he says.

16 minutes ago, Jack Parkman said:

Exactly this scenario is why teams bid against themselves. It prevents another team from swooping in late and stealing the player with a slightly higher offer. 

Dude, it doesn't work like that. Nobody's going to steal anyone. If the Pads outbid us, Lozano will let us know before anything happens. That's just in the interest of getting the most money. So we'll get our shot. If we lose, either Manny really didn't want to play here, or we refused to beat the ultimate winning offer.

There is no reason to bid against yourself, EVER.

5 minutes ago, beckham15 said:

 

 

Just now, Baron said:

I mean...I'd wish I knew nothing about those movies personally. 

I'd rather watch a Twilight movie than being glued to my screen and being freaked out about Padres rumors.

3 minutes ago, GermanSoxFan said:

These Twilight movies were huge, you'd know who's starring in them just by osmosis. ?‍♂️

Uh huh. You can just confess. I won't judge you.

2 minutes ago, heirdog said:

Maybe a translation issue again but 8/$250 is not all too similar to 8/$240 WITH MONEY DEFERRED

He doubled down when I asked him if there was any new info so idk

 

 

Just now, ItsCalledComiskey said:

It's not my money. Lets offer Harper and Machado both 8/$300 and just move on. 

I honestly thought at the start of this that it would take at least something like this. If the Sox didn’t they were going to a Tesla dealership with chevy money. 

1 minute ago, Chicago White Sox said:

 

Yes his weeks old information really comforts me.

Just now, The Sir said:

Uh huh. You can just confess. I won't judge you.

I saw her in that Snow White movie. It was incredibly boring though.

Hector going out of his way to quickly shoot down the Padres as 'untoppable' offer makes me think... who is he doing it for?

Do we really think that White Sox thought it would cost $250 million or less for Manny?!?

I like the silence on White Sox (other than being on the periphery of tweets and of course our own Hector Woo Woo) as they operate well this way.

1 minute ago, shipps said:

I honestly thought at the start of this that it would take at least something like this. If the Sox didn’t they were going to a Tesla dealership with chevy money. 

Right, if they’re not prepared to beat 8/ let’s call it 260, they weren’t willing to do what it took in the first place. 

Anything short of a jaw dropping deal I will be furious

3 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

 

It is rather quiet on our end, almost zero mentions of the Whitesox in any tweet with either of these two since this has all gone down. I would suspect this is exactly how Sox management would like it.

Okay, Padres are "all in" according to that guy?

So they don't have any higher they can go. Right?

So the Sox can top the bid and win this thing. 

2 minutes ago, heirdog said:

Do we really think that White Sox thought it would cost $250 million or less for Manny?!?

I like the silence on White Sox (other than being on the periphery of tweets and of course our own Hector Woo Woo) as they operate well this way.

Nothing from anyone on the Sox end. No one talking. Seems good to me. 

1 minute ago, beckham15 said:

It is rather quiet on our end, almost zero mentions of the Whitesox in any tweet with either of these two since this has all gone down. I would suspect this is exactly how Sox management would like it.

This is often what it’s like when the Sox don’t land someone.

2 minutes ago, bmags said:

Yes his weeks old information really comforts me.

Well it should comfort you to some extent, because otherwise we should believe the Sox’s offer was somewhere between 7/$175M and like 7/$210m.  If the Sox were at 8/$250M weeks ago, hard to believe they won’t go up another $20M to $30M to get this thing done.

If we end up getting Machado...then Lozano owes Preller a HUGE favor...

5 minutes ago, The Sir said:

Dude, it doesn't work like that. Nobody's going to steal anyone. If the Pads outbid us, Lozano will let us know before anything happens. That's just in the interest of getting the most money. So we'll get our shot. If we lose, either Manny really didn't want to play here, or we refused to beat the ultimate winning offer.

There is no reason to bid against yourself, EVER.

So if the White Sox are insistent that they will not bid against themselves...isn't a plausible scenario that the White Sox would not believe Lozano if he said they had a $280 million offer, hold firm at $250, and then find out that the offer was real when he signs elsewhere?

1 minute ago, South Sider said:

Okay, Padres are "all in" according to that guy?

So they don't have any higher they can go. Right?

So the Sox can top the bid and win this thing. 

All in means they're willing to do whatever it takes to get Manny.

1 minute ago, South Sider said:

Okay, Padres are "all in" according to that guy?

So they don't have any higher they can go. Right?

So the Sox can top the bid and win this thing. 

It doesn't necessarily mean that they are at their highest offer.