January 15, 20197 yr 22 minutes ago, TitoMB345 said: no way! lol. it will crash! Actually, I don't think that will happen...not right away. A lot will tune out until the last couple of weeks of spring training. It's just going to seep into conversations once the season starts. For example, if someone starts speculating we can STILL successfully sign TWO whales next off-season, and everyone will roll their eyes or say we'll be lucky to get just one. Then there will another thread about all the potential connections to said player, and who we can bring on board to influence the negotiations. More eye rolling, and not the WSD trademark kind. Maybe some comments about how the Reinsdorf's preserved their wealth, that's easy to get behind for fans. Edited January 15, 20197 yr by caulfield12
January 15, 20197 yr Just now, Jose Abreu said: This is the account that broke Segura to PHI and got credited by Rosenthal. Say goodbye to Manny.
January 15, 20197 yr 2 minutes ago, Saufley said: Say goodbye to Manny. Why? It doesn’t say he accepted or is expected to accept.
January 15, 20197 yr Just now, Orlando said: Why? It doesn’t say he accepted or is expected to accept. I suppose the logic is that they wouldn’t bother fielding an offer if they weren’t beating the sox
January 15, 20197 yr 1 minute ago, Orlando said: Why? It doesn’t say he accepted or is expected to accept. Because the sky is always falling.
January 15, 20197 yr 1 minute ago, mqr said: I suppose the logic is that they wouldn’t bother fielding an offer if they weren’t beating the sox Who knows if they even know the Sox offer. Edited January 15, 20197 yr by BigHurt3515
January 15, 20197 yr I'm sure with the reports out, Phillies probably offered more money (unless they know they have the upper hand on Harper). Just depends if the Machado family would actually wanna live in Philadelphia. Edited January 15, 20197 yr by SoxAce
January 15, 20197 yr Keep in mind this is the Phillies first offer while the Sox have had one on the table and can still counter the Phillies offer. Now shit is finally getting interesting.
January 15, 20197 yr Just now, SoxAce said: I'm sure with the reports out, Phillies probably offered more money. Just depends if the Machado family would actually wanna live in Philadelphia. More money makes living pretty much anywhere bearable. He's taking the money.
January 15, 20197 yr 1 minute ago, mqr said: I suppose the logic is that they wouldn’t bother fielding an offer if they weren’t beating the sox This actually makes me happy. We knew they would eventually offer a contract. We also knew 7/200 is a joke. This just means the end is in sight. The Phillys offering a contract will make the Sox either put up or shut up.
January 15, 20197 yr 8 minutes ago, Jose Abreu said: This is the account that broke Segura to PHI and got credited by Rosenthal. Ugh... Baseball gods, be kind...
January 15, 20197 yr If the Phillies get BOTH Harper and Machado...that's going to be nearly impossible to explain to Sox fans. It would make sense to both players, though, as long as they maximized their total contract dollars. The Phillies would suddenly go from 3rd place to favorites for 1st. Harper would still be THE man. Not sure how happy Manny would be to play second fiddle. It is a bit strange that they're not first making an offer to Harper...maybe they already have? That was also supposed to happen this week, sometime. Edited January 15, 20197 yr by caulfield12
January 15, 20197 yr 4 minutes ago, Orlando said: This actually makes me happy. We knew they would eventually offer a contract. We also knew 7/200 is a joke. This just means the end is in sight. The Phillys offering a contract will make the Sox either put up or shut up. This indeed. They need to finally get an actual bidding way to figure out where this is going to end. Sox putting out the only legit (lowball) offer is not how this was going to end. Unfortunately, it's the only offer so far.
January 15, 20197 yr Just now, fathom said: Same account predicted yesterday the Phillies land both: #stupidmoney
January 15, 20197 yr That’s exactly why you can’t mess around with your offers, KW and RH simply cannot be cheap here and I know there have been those that say they aren’t but at the end of the day if you have him for the taking quit fooling around and just sign the damn guy
January 15, 20197 yr I have never realized how big of pussies Sox fans can be. Every neutral piece of information is met by people panicking and expecting the worst.
January 15, 20197 yr But at least we have "smart" money, lol. Of course, the odds are probably 2 out of 3 that the Phillies will EVENTUALLY regret such a move, but for the first 2-3 years, their fans will be walking around on Cloud 9.
January 15, 20197 yr 2 minutes ago, fathom said: Same account predicted yesterday the Phillies land both: I don't see any possible way any team gets both. You're talking $600 million / $70 million per. Minimum Neither of these guys are taking a hair cut.
January 15, 20197 yr 2 minutes ago, fathom said: Same account predicted yesterday the Phillies land both: No fucking way, they’d be in luxury tax he’ll for the foreseeable future IMO.
January 15, 20197 yr Just now, Nardiwashere said: I have never realized how big of pussies Sox fans can be. Every neutral piece of information is met by people panicking and expecting the worst. It's awful. Did people not expect other teams to offer him a contract? Please.
January 15, 20197 yr 3 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: If the Phillies get BOTH Harper and Machado...that's going to be nearly impossible to explain to Sox fans. It would make sense to both players, though, as long as they maximized their total contract dollars. The Phillies would suddenly go from 3rd place to favorites for 1st. If Philly signs both, Soxfest will be a disaster for Hahn and co. That town hall meeting is going to be brutal.
January 15, 20197 yr 3 minutes ago, Nardiwashere said: I have never realized how big of pussies Sox fans can be. Every neutral piece of information is met by people panicking and expecting the worst. It's better to be realistic/pragmatic as a White Sox fan than to be hopelessly optimistic and have your heart torn out again and again. If you were a Sox fan in the 1970's and 1980's, this feeling would be quite easy to identify with.
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