Too funny.    www.thegoodphight.com  Looks as though the Phillie faithful have the same paranoia as we do.

A sources check mark next to their name... a la Twitter.

Counterpoint: let’s discuss naked sluts. 

Thoughts?

4 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Something like the Good Housekeeping Seal Of Approval...except for sauces.

Will concur that anything over $360 million or $40 million AAV will provide the White Sox a bit of an out.  That said, the obvious question is going to when, and under what conditions...will they be able to get their guy?

If we go through another year like 2018 in terms of both player development and injuries, it’s going to be even harder for the White Sox next offseason with even more teams increasing the demand for a limited number of truly impact players.

Trading Jay, Castillo and Alonso would be a constant reminder of Machado not being on the team...just like keeping them and pretending it was part of the strategic plan all along, which pretty much NOBODY will buy.

Quite frankly, I don't see how anybody can actually "want" Jay or Alonso on the team if you take Manny out of the equation. Castillo? Obviously he doesn't thrill me either but I feel like he's OK part time.

According to SNY's Andy Martino, Machado "has met personally with at least one of the unidentified teams in recent days." Martino also asserted Machado "will go to highest bidder, period."

 

 

Just now, caulfield12 said:

According to SNY's Andy Martino, Machado "has met personally with at least one of the unidentified teams in recent days." Martino also asserted Machado "will go to highest bidder, period."

 

 

Was this before or after the hit in the cages with the Sox hat on? LOL.

33 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

You need to step up your fake inside game bro.

Never claimed to have an inside game . get over it

Ah, yes, gotta make sure there are "mystery team" reports coming from all the major interested suitor cities. I'm not buying it for one second, but this franchise really is in no shape to risk this game.

15 minutes ago, Steve9347 said:

Counterpoint: let’s discuss naked sluts. 

Thoughts?

The best ones are good looking and friendly.  Fight me.

On 1/16/2019 at 5:03 PM, IowaPG said:

Im just sharing what I heard and joining the conversation . sorry to offend.

Never claimed to have an inside game ?

3 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Never claimed to have an inside game ?

Haha. Isn't that a bannable offense?

10 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Never claimed to have an inside game ?

2 days ago lol.

I don’t buy the mystery team at all. Purely for driving the price up. Sox have this. I have faith Rick Hahn gets his prized FA. There’s been 3 teams for 3 months and all of a sudden there’s a mystery team? GTFO. Machado made 3 visits. That’s it. This just all adds up to late negation tactics to get the White Sox to spend more. 

Some of you guys are taking this so literal. I just wont share anymore. its all good. 

2 minutes ago, IowaPG said:

Some of you guys are taking this so literal. I just wont share anymore. its all good. 

Sounds good. 

51 minutes ago, LittleHurt05 said:

We sign Manny (or Harper) at all costs. 

The payroll is zero, the owner is rich, and the roster is ready for a superstar. 

Zero excuses.

What if the Phillies sign him for 15 years at $1 billion.

If we got Manny at 8/280, do we even attempt for Harper? Or call it a day and be ecstatic? 

So the Sox first spring training game is February 23rd. Guesses on whether or not Manny will be signed by then?

It doesn't matter how many fucking mystery teams are involved -- if he's going to take the highest offer, the White Sox should win easily. There's literally no reason for it. No one is in a better position to win the bidding. No one has their combination of payroll space, no incumbent player to block, and lack of incentive to rush or change direction.

But in order to get the best price, they have to slow play it.

I'm giving the Sox the benefit of the doubt here because this is how they SHOULD be doing it, and they've been operating in logical ways consistently since the rebuild began.

If Machado signs anywhere else for anything less than $400 million though, I might have to borrow a pitchfork from one of you guys.

3 minutes ago, OmarComing25 said:

What if the Phillies sign him for 15 years at $1 billion.

Then we steal the trillion dollar coin

2 minutes ago, OmarComing25 said:

What if the Phillies sign him for 15 years at $1 billion.

I would say I want to be Trout’s agent

6 minutes ago, OmarComing25 said:

What if the Phillies sign him for 15 years at $1 billion.

We should have signed him for 15 years at $1.5 billion. We’d still avoid the luxury tax, right?

1 hour ago, ChiliIrishHammock24 said:

At what AAV will people NOT riot if Machado signs with someone else? Would 8 years/$304M ($38M AAV) be enough to where people draw the line on thinking it's too much? 10 yrs/$360M??

 

Just curious what type of winning offer from some other team wouldn't cause everyone to riot. Or do we sign Manny at all costs?

If he signs for 8/$300M+ or 10/$360+, I will understand the Sox not going that far.

but I don’t think that will happen. 

Even with the mystery team Hector is still in the same place when his white Sox prediction for Machado

We don't have visibility into the negotiations or who, if anyone beyond the WS and Phillies, are in the mix. My sense is Hahn has a 'not to exceed' number (AAV and years) and is in a poker game. He knows what is at stake and strange as this sounds to the masses, I don't think he will get outplayed. Nor do I think he will unnecessarily inflate what we commit to and thereby limit flexibility on future roster upgrades. The risk is with the bankroll JR/et all have allocated. I firmly believe that, if given the mandate to sign MM within the realm of sanity, Hahn will prevail.