Found the Padres subreddit talking about this reporter who claims Machado is close to signing with the Padres for 8 years. Supposedly going down this weekend. 

 

9 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:

If Machado were added, this bench is pretty full. Engel, Leury, Rondon, Yolmer, backup catcher - there's already got to be an odd person out, and that's before the OF we were considering in the other thread that would move Palka to the bench or minors. You're not going to improve that bench very much.

Assuming we add Joc, who is going to platoon with him and Yonder?  Rondon could maybe DH against lefties.  What about in the OF?  Is that Engel...maybe I guess.

Lol wouldn't that be the shit....

I’ve been waiting for a leak like this with opt out specifics. After what Hahn said today, I think the hold up might be as much to do with opt outs as it has to do with the dollar amounts. 

6 minutes ago, Orlando said:

Found the Padres subreddit talking about this reporter who claims Machado is close to signing with the Padres for 8 years. Supposedly going down this weekend. 

 

Not buying this.  That being said, if Hahn let the fucking Padres beat him out for Machado then Hahn should be fired on the spot.

2 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Not buying this.  That being said, if Hahn let the fucking Padres beat him out for Machado then Hahn should be fired on the spot.

I agree, especially if it’s under 300 mil. The Sox will be a laughing stock

3 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Not buying this.  That being said, if Hahn let the fucking Padres beat him out for Machado then Hahn should be fired on the spot.

Why you assume its Hahn's fault?

If you lose out to the padres for under 300 mil you were never serious contenders to begin with 

Just now, Orlando said:

I agree, especially if it’s under 300 mil. The Sox will be a laughing stock

Exactly.  And if we can’t beat out the Padres, we’d never be able to land a superstar free agent when competing against the Yankees, Red Sox, etc.

2 minutes ago, Mooseman said:

Why you assume its Hahn's fault?

Right. It’s not Hahn’s money. Jerry is the one approving the offers. 

2 minutes ago, Mooseman said:

Why you assume its Hahn's fault?

Why is he never held responsible for anything?  If they don't get Manny, then the entire offseason looks to have been a total debacle.  

1 minute ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Exactly.  And if we can’t beat out the Padres, we’d never be able to land a superstar free agent when competing against the Yankees, Red Sox, etc.

If anyone other than the Phils or Yankees get him at a reasonable price, it shows that the Sox overplayed their hand. I would have 0 confidence in this FO for not getting this done when they had a shot.

3 minutes ago, Mooseman said:

Why you assume its Hahn's fault?

Could be Jerry putting a limit on Hahn 

9 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Not buying this.  That being said, if Hahn let the fucking Padres beat him out for Machado then Hahn should be fired on the spot.

Wasn't it just last week  we were seeing all these plants and leaks and we were going nuts? What is it going to take to get this thing done! Right about now I'm all for putting the best offer on the table and roll the dice.

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Plus I'm not buying that it's happening this weekend. Didn't Hahn say a couple of times last night that a decision would probably be in a couple of weeks by Manny?

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2 minutes ago, Saufley said:

Wasn't it just last week  we were seeing all these plants and leaks and we were going nuts? What is it going to take to get this thing done! Right about now I'm all for putting the best offer on the table and roll the dice.

Money and lots of it.....that’s what happen when you go try and get premium free agents especially when you have thrown out garbage  for the last 10 years

1 minute ago, chetkincaid said:

Right. It’s not Hahn’s money. Jerry is the one approving the offers. 

Sure, but Hahn is the GM and has acted like we’re a serious threat to land Machado.  If all he had to work with was a 7/$210M budget, then he should of had a different strategy this offseason and not wasted everyone’s time on some Hail Mary attempt.  And the addition of Yonder will look ridiculous if the Sox thought that would be anything more than a tie-breaker.

Again, I still believe we’re in the driver’s seat here, just stating how I’ll feel if we were to somehow lose this to the fucking Padres.

6 minutes ago, Moncada said:

Could be Jerry putting a limit on Hahn 

That I do believe. 

5 minutes ago, Moncada said:

Could be Jerry putting a limit on Hahn 

Well if it's true they were never going over 30 mil a year or limiting their offer to 7 years, they were never serious to start with

7 minutes ago, Moncada said:

Could be Jerry putting a limit on Hahn 

I wouldn't doubt it...

Just now, fathom said:

Well if it's true they were never going over 30 mil a year or limiting their offer to 7 years, they were never serious to start with

Jerry is so old school that I could absolutely see him thinking the contracts that players are getting now are ridiculous and he won’t overspend on players.

Say we lose out on Manny. Who  is our 3B of the future? I won't even mention Burger. 

1 minute ago, fathom said:

Well if it's true they were never going over 30 mil a year or limiting their offer to 7 years, they were never serious to start with

This.

However it could just be that Lozano is using the Padres to get a little more to take back to the Whitesox to match or better then that’s a different story.

1 minute ago, Saufley said:

Say we lose out on Manny. Who  is our 3B of the future? I won't even mention Burger. 

Moncada

1 minute ago, Saufley said:

Say we lose out on Manny. Who  is our 3B of the future? I won't even mention Burger. 

Moncada (yuck)