13 minutes ago, Greek-konerko said:

If onleys report is true... Sell the team mr reinsdorf

I will pass the message to JR

1 minute ago, bmags said:

Now he has Nightengale confirming.

Well, now I'm convinced.

8/$232M seems like a reasonable contract that both sides will eventually settle on. $29M/year makes Manny the highest paid position player in baseball in terms of AAV, I believe.  Sox go an extra year compared to the 7 that has been highly reported as their sticking point. 

 

That's a contract that the Sox, fans, and even Manny can be happy with.

Yeah this is definitely going to carry over into February at this point.

7 for 175 is a joke. 

3 minutes ago, SonofaRoache said:

What's the weather like in Portland this time of year?

right now it's sunny and 45º

13 minutes ago, TomPickle said:

The White Sox offer to Manny Machado is to be an unpaid intern for 10 years and then after that he will get the league minimum.

No they won't go over 7 years!

It's called negotiations people. relax.  If Sox gave him at 8/250 and he could have been had at 7/175 you would be calling them stupid. Don't believe everything you read... fake news

Wake me up when it's all over

I dig this.  This is hardball from the Sox.  They are showing Lozano how delusional his expectations were.  You think your client is worth $300 mil???  Watch us leak these lowish numbers and your phone remain silent.  Their read must be that the Phillies want Harper and are not going to top the Sox current offer.

The offer doesn't just get lower and lower every day. I feel like we haven't even heard the real offer yet.

@raBBit what say you about this Buster/Bob report?

3 minutes ago, MEANS said:

right now it's sunny and 45º

It's been a nice fucking winter here.  We just got through a run of mid 50s and sun last week and weekend.

i have been readind this site for months. it seems like the best knowledge is white sox dave so what he says i may believe

This whole process sucks, sucks bad.  If this bullshit isn't on the top of the list of things to fix by the higher ups in MLB they should all be fired.

So this could mean a few things. 

1. The White Sox offer is really the only official offer, so why not start low, and work up?

2. Agent leak to start the bidding process. 

3. The White Sox want Machado, but like the Yankees, refuse to go over $200 million. 

2 minutes ago, Perfect Vision said:

I dig this.  This is hardball from the Sox.  They are showing Lozano how delusional his expectations were.  You think your client is worth $300 mil???  Watch us leak these lowish numbers and your phone remain silent.  Their read must be that the Phillies want Harper and are not going to top the Sox current offer.

This seems like the opposite of what would happen.

31 minutes ago, SoxAce said:

Alot of athletes have beautiful wives and they still creep on the side. 

That's because beauty isn't the only foundation of a relationship.  If it is, that's why cheating is easy.  Beauty if everywhere.

2 minutes ago, Perfect Vision said:

I dig this.  This is hardball from the Sox.  They are showing Lozano how delusional his expectations were.  You think your client is worth $300 mil???  Watch us leak these lowish numbers and your phone remain silent.  Their read must be that the Phillies want Harper and are not going to top the Sox current offer.

I think it's pathetic and nobody should be excited because 2021 season is gonna we wiped out and the Sox are gonna lose a year in everybody's primes during peak roster -- AGAIN.

Who knows what the offer was or what ongoing discussions involve, but this wasn't/isn't a sealed bid auction for Manny.  Why would you ever front your best offer, it's not like if Phillies or another team offered him 8/200 he wouldn't have ongoing discussions with other interested clubs.

17 minutes ago, Sockin said:

I refuse to believe they are that stupid to throw out such a low ball offer. 

Its not a lowball offer if it is the best offer.

Hahn is playing this correctly.  I've said it 100 times, but why pay the man $300M if you can get him for $200M.  That $100M will go a long way in filling the other 24 spots on the roster.  You only blink when you need to blink. 

27 minutes ago, Orlando said:

JOKE

If this is really true, how low are the Cardinals and Yankees bids to not be involved here?  It just doesn't seem plausible for my two cents.

It's about being gotten at 7/175...if he does sign for that or even 7$210M, baseball is screwed seven ways to Sunday.  

Jason Heyward signed for 8/$184.......Machado at 8/$240 is low but fair

Look if the Sox get him at 7/$200 nobody will complain but the sport is then obviously going in a direction that will not benefit us as fans or the MLBPA

This isn't like buying an undervalued house because the market crashed this is GM's crashing a market.  Guaranteeing a salary cap and floor in the next negotiation.

If he doesn't get something better than 7/175, we're on the verge of a strike in a couple years.

If thats the Sox offer then the Phillies have a great shot at getting both Harper and Machado.  Soxfest should be fun.