17 minutes ago, South Side Fireworks Man said:

Whatever it takes. 

I think $300M would get the deal done.

Cmon White Sox, nab him! I have a strong feeling they get it done. 

The way this conversation is going you would think they are all sitting at a table right now staring at each other and making offers back and forth, when in all likelihood, they are sitting at home eating chicken wings and not thinking about this for like a week.

3 minutes ago, Orlando said:

Cmon White Sox, nab him! I have a strong feeling they get it done. 

If Yankees sign Machado for $250M and wsox wouldnt go $300M for him then they blew it.

Just now, Ross Gload Fan said:

The way this conversation is going you would think they are all sitting at a table right now staring at each other and making offers back and forth, when in all likelihood, they are sitting at home eating chicken wings and not thinking about this for like a week.

He said his decision after new year but never said when lol this can go on til feb.

1 minute ago, peavy44 said:

If Yankees sign Machado for $250M and wsox wouldnt go $300M for him then they blew it.

I'd agree with that statement.

1 minute ago, Saufley said:

I'd agree with that statement.

If we offer $300M and he chooses the Yankees fine then go hard after Harper with 12 year offer $375M-400M.

Sounds good for sox

Remember a 250 million offer from Yankeees is worth substantially less in NYC because of their state tax.  The White Sox will get it done. 

1 minute ago, Mbs1969 said:

Remember a 250 million offer from Yankeees is worth substantially less in NYC because of their state tax.  The White Sox will get it done. 

I don't even think Yankees wanna go 7 years on Machado more  like 4 or 5 years.

4 minutes ago, Greek-konerko said:

Sounds good for sox

Very good point. They might be better off throwing a pile of cash at Trout, who is a big Philly sports fan.

2 minutes ago, soxfan2014 said:

Very good point. They might be better off throwing a pile of cash at Trout, who is a big Philly sports fan.

Mike trout might not make it to free agency.

4 minutes ago, peavy44 said:

Mike trout might not make it to free agency.

Shhhhh! Yes he will. Don't be giving Philly and NY ideas of not going after him. He absolutely wants to go to Philly or NY and they should absolutely save their money to throw at him then! ?

6 minutes ago, soxfan2014 said:

Very good point. They might be better off throwing a pile of cash at Trout, who is a big Philly sports fan.

Two years is a long time if you believe your team is ready to compete.

2 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Two years is a long time if you believe your team is ready to compete.

Maybe they could be thinking of trading for and extending him?  Are there any expendable prospects Phillies could give Anaheim?

 

1 minute ago, TheBlackSox8 said:

Maybe they could be thinking of trading for and extending him?  Are there any expendable prospects Phillies could give Anaheim?

 

The best player in the universe isn’t generally traded for expendable prospects. 

I don’t recall which thread we discussing White Sox Dave, but good god I’ve never been more embarrassed to say I’m from Chicago than after this video:

 

1 minute ago, Chicago White Sox said:

I don’t recall which thread we discussing White Sox Dave, but good god I’ve never been more embarrassed to say I’m from Chicago because of him.

 

Fixed.

4 minutes ago, TheBlackSox8 said:

Maybe they could be thinking of trading for and extending him?  Are there any expendable prospects Phillies could give Anaheim?

 

I don’t think the Angels would trade Trout even if I think they should.  

And I don’t believe Philly has the ammo to pull off such a trade off.  Like does Hoskins, Sanchez, & Medina even start a conversation?  That’s their best young player who’s still controllable for quite some time plus their top two prospects. I don’t think that’s even close enough to get a dialogue going.

6 minutes ago, ChiSox59 said:

The best player in the universe isn’t generally traded for expendable prospects. 

I didn't mean it that way. I meant  trading away high-value positional strength in the minors.  Like Sox trading our top pitching or outfield depth...any prospect is expendable for trout is kinda how I meant it.

Also, not that anyone should care, but I’ve switched my preference to Machado over Harper.  Despite feeling strongly about what Bryce could represent for the franchise, several posters here have made compelling cases for Manny and the objective side of me agrees if it has to come down to one.  That being said, I would still somehow love to land both, but am willing to admit it’s a long shot.

5 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

I don’t think the Angels would trade Trout even if I think they should.  

And I don’t believe Philly has the ammo to pull off such a trade off.  Like does Hoskins, Sanchez, & Medina even start a conversation?  That’s their best young player who’s still controllable for quite some time plus their top two prospects. I don’t think that’s even close enough to get a dialogue going.

Thanks, answer I was looking for. 

I think trout leaves because the Angels are stuck in neutral and he should be the MLB poster boy and NY or Philly may give him that. 

This is huge. And could explain why things are progessing slowly with Manny in Miami...

If I were the Angels and my team was struggling prior to Trout's Free agency, I'd trade him at the break and get a HELL of a lot back from it. Jeez, can you imagine that? 

 

On Machado: Mildly surprised that he didn't sign anywhere in the first week of January, but I expect him to sign this upcoming week. That, to me, was always the prime point. I figured he'd sign in the second week or possibly first.