17 minutes ago, Jose Abreu said:

This is the account that broke Segura to PHI and got credited by Rosenthal.

 

I thought some rando on twitter broke the Segura trade.

1 minute 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 because we've been conditioned as Sox fans to expect the worst. 

Just now, DirtySox said:

It's awful. Did people not expect other teams to offer him a contract? Please.

100% this. Jesus, some of the posters here are unbearable.

1 minute ago, Chicago White Sox said:

No fucking way, they’d be in luxury tax he’ll for the foreseeable future IMO.

The owner did say stupid money.

Just now, Chicago White Sox said:

I thought some rando on twitter broke the Segura trade.

I thought it was the mariners insider guy

1 minute ago, fathom said:

I thought it was the mariners insider guy

It was

Just now, beckham15 said:

The owner did say stupid money.

If the Yankees don’t fuck around with the second & third luxury tax threshold, no one will IMO.

3 minutes ago, chitown87 said:

100% this. Jesus, some of the posters here are unbearable.

It's very very SIMPLE.

If the Sox want to shut up all their fans and provide no excuses...then they have to SHOW THE MONEY.

Otherwise, we can be glass half full or half empty all we want.

When you go over 20+ years without making a move like this...something that happens once a generation, what can realistically be expected?

6 minutes ago, fathom said:

Same account predicted yesterday the Phillies land both:

 

Coming from a twitter account with the location of Pennsylvania, one might be a little bias

Oh my gosh, you mean the White Sox are not the ONLY team to offer Manny f'in Machado a contract? I'm shocked.

1 minute ago, fathom said:

I thought it was the mariners insider guy

Wasn’t that guy on reddit or did they just have their own blog?  I didn’t think the guy was actual journalist or beat writer.

Again, no point in panicking or freaking out until the player is signed and wearing the teams jersey.

Can't believe the chaos from some of the Sox fans.....

3 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

If the Yankees don’t fuck around with the second & third luxury tax threshold, no one will IMO.

If they know that they can't sign Nola long-term and are also freeing up money by trading their 3B to the Padres...it at least makes some degree of sense.

Just now, caulfield12 said:

It's very very SIMPLE.

If the Sox want to shut up all their fans and provide no excuses...then they have to SHOW THE MONEY.

Otherwise, we can be glass half full or half empty all we want.

When you go over 20+ years without making a move like this...something that happens once a generation, what can realistically be expected?

I get that. But the chicken little stuff because the Phillies are rumored to have offered a contract is just ridiculous. We don't even know if it's true, or how much money was offered.

Just now, caulfield12 said:

If they know that they can't sign Nola long-term and are also freeing up money by trading their 3B to the Padres...it at least makes some degree of sense.

If they’re not signing Nola long-term, they need to reallocate resources to their rotation.

Just now, chitown87 said:

I get that. But the chicken little stuff because the Phillies are rumored to have offered a contract is just ridiculous. We don't even know if it's true, or how much money was offered.

It’s simple, if the Sox made an offer it’s probably a joke offer but if another team made an offer Machado/Harper are basically signed... ???

This is the guy who broke the Segura trade. 

 

Edited January 15, 20197 yr by Sockin

Now we just have to wait for @MLB to tweet out the Phillies offer to see where we stand

8 minutes ago, chitown87 said:

I get that. But the chicken little stuff because the Phillies are rumored to have offered a contract is just ridiculous. We don't even know if it's true, or how much money was offered.

If the White Sox owner promised fans they would spent "stupid money," then we wouldn't be having this same conversation.

Not only that, but it's pretty clear the first White Sox official offer was well below expected market value.  So we certainly know  they will be beating that, so it's back to them to respond in a way where Machado is convinced not to keep going back and forth for weeks.

Edited January 15, 20197 yr by caulfield12

1 minute ago, Sockin said:

This is the guy who broke the Segura trade. https://twitter.com/trentbooty?lang=en

Yeah that guy broke like three trades at once including Segura & Colome.

1 minute ago, Sockin said:

This is the guy who broke the Segura trade. https://twitter.com/trentbooty?lang=en

he got his info from mariners insider on reddit

1 minute ago, Sockin said:

This is the guy who broke the Segura trade. https://twitter.com/trentbooty?lang=en

This Phillies account is the one who was credited by Rosenthal so either way they’re legit. 

Just now, fathom said:

he got his info from mariners insider on reddit

Ahh gotcha.

Just now, Jose Abreu said:

This Phillies account is the one who was credited by Rosenthal so either way they’re legit. 

I mean they could have very well been using this guys info and Rosenthal just credited him.

11 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.

All the fans who show up at times like these...I almost never see them on a daily basis in the game threads.  If the signing doesn't work out, they simply disappear back into the woodwork.

Heck, if the front office could see they have as many page views as 1/4th of their season attendance, they would recognize the appetite and need for the fanbase to have SOMETHING to believe in.