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You've got me backwards. I don't believe a hypothetical strike is going to help the free agent market other than maybe letting guys get there quicker. Teams are making it clear they don't want to pay a premium for aging players, so the Union is going to have to fight to improve the situation of the pre-FA guys. This is all hypothetical, but I personally don't think more money is out there for Machado and Harper 3-4 years from now.

I think they'd be wrong in thinking it's going to get much better and would lose in the long run. It's not getting better before 2022 the Union is probably going to try and fix the pay scales of younger guys first because teams aren't going to decide 30 year olds are worth a ton of money again.

In other news, water wet

Not gonna happen. It's more likely that he sit's out entirely. And that is pretty much unimaginable

Thought this said Dayan Viciedo and I got angry

The strangest part of the radio silence is that none of the national guys followed up the sonny gray trade with 'Hard to say what this means for Machado and the Yankees'

Because they're the best offer and the best offer isn't anywhere near what he wants.

Amado Nunez just looks like a ball player

He missed most of the first half. I imagine that threw his mechanics off, whether or not he can find them again remains to be seen.

If you count his last year in college it's been multiple

Well I don't think that's necessarily true. 1. It's assuming the White Sox would have figured out whatever the Padres did to turn him from a fringe int'l guy to a top prospect. 2. I'd still much rather have Manny Machado than Tatis at this point. They Sox are in on Bryce Harper as well and they don't necessarily 'need' him either

Flexibility after 2020 I reckon

But also a had a poop bullpen and a 7/9ths of a poop lineup. The brewers had 0 above average starters throw more than 80 innings and won a MUCH better division.

I think I'm ready to admit that Hector Gomez is full of it

Kenny ALWAYS gets his man

Bob Nutting is the cheapo that everyone thinks Reinsdorf is x2

There's still not a mystery team. If there were this would already be over for better or worse.

I'm not assuming they'll be knocking on the door. But, the dodgers aren't trading away years 5-10 of Joc, they are trading 5 and 6 and any package heading back should and will reflect that.

Because when making a trade you can only assume the value of his existing contract. You can't be giving players away on a guess that the guy will like it enough here to resign/not get injured/ etc etc

Yeah I don't think anyone has suggested that

And most were acquired to appeal to Machado. They aren't even meant to be stop gaps, or win games. They have one purpose

I would rather have Palka DHing than Alonso

Nobody that is going to important to this window is going to go anywhere. Get players who can actually play baseball.

Totally agree, but Yolmer is the kind of guy, assuming the Sox can establish stars, that will be the difference between 2015/2016 and 202*.

RF is a pretty weak position. I can't think of many guys I would rather have on the roster there than ELoy going into a season. Harper, Betts obviously. Yelich if you consider him an RF. Then you get into guys like Nimmo, Haniger, Piscotty. I don't think it's that big of a reach.