Moan4Yoan

Hahn paid $4 million for Jon Jay and Adam Jones gets $3 million. Man, Hahn had an awful offseason.

Hahn’s offseason has been awful. He replaced young mediocre players with older and/or more expensive mediocre players. Just terrible. I’d rather have stuck with Kevan Smith, Avisail Garcia, and Matt Davidson than paid $15.5 million to the pile of crap that is McCann, Jay, and Alonso.

Look no further than the Cubs and Russell. Most Cubs fans want him gone and their front office is making it worse by keeping him around. This would be a terrible move for the Sox, especially for a front office that is already despised for failing to deliver this offseason.

Do you currently stop watching a baseball game in the late innings because none of hitters have a chance against all of the flame-throwing relievers that enter the game? The fact is that starters can be hit and relievers can be hit. You are worrying about something that won’t happen.

I’ve been saying this all offseason. Either guy would have been a great signing. Machado for his raw talent on both sides of the field and Harper for what he would do for sales. JR is doing a great job of making money but also running both of his teams into the ground.

Haha... https://mobile.twitter.com/starting9/status/1101932129309601796?s=12

Wow, Kenny posts here?

Does Kenny ever provide a quote to the media that ISN’T stupid?

I don’t agree at all. Do you think Machado and Harper loved San Diego and Philly? They took the best offers, period. They likely would have both been White Sox for the same offers that they signed for. In fact, Boras came back to the Sox to see if they wanted to match Harper’s offer and the Sox said no.

It couldn’t be much worse than it already is but just imagine if Hahn successfully traded for Machado last offseason and failed to resign him.

Sad when Palka, Vieira, Ruiz, and Rondon are your best moves.

Maybe at the same level as the Sox. In on him but not offering enough money so there was no realistic chance of it happening anyways.

If you are excited that they offered $250 when $50 million more was required, then you are feeding right into JR, Kenny, and Hahn’s hands. Get back to me when that $250 million is actually spent.

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Harper obviously didn’t want to go to Philly. Crappy city and fans. But JR wouldn’t show him the money.

I heard on The Score that George Ofman reported that Boras came back to the Sox to see if they would offer $330. The Sox weren’t interested.

What does it really matter? They are in NBA hell. No top star wants to sign with Chicago. And now Jerry has done the same to his baseball team.

Anyone who could throw out the these quotes is an imbecile. “People are lost on the fact that on a yearly basis our offer was more than San Diego’s. The average annual value was 31 [million] and change. So it was about years guaranteed. So there is an argument that could be made that our offer was the better of the two. It certainly had more upside for him. All he had to do was basically stay healthy.’’ “I believe we got in the room with Manny Machado and Bryce Harper and if we were able to afford, they absolutely wanted to come here,’’ he said. “That was expressed to us. That’s all I can go by.’’

I like how Kenny still thinks the chance at making more money is a better contract offer than one with more guaranteed money. The guy is an egomaniac as well — he really clicked with Harper? Yeah, I’m sure. I also like how Kenny admits Harper was out of the Sox range, yet Hahn kept spewing on and on all offseason about how he is not limited financially. Two clowns who aren’t even on the same page as to what they say to the media. Hahn, go work for a law firm. Kenny, go to any other team and draft all the football players you want that suck at baseball. Please leave my favorite team, both of you clowns.

Who is that clear to exactly? Sorry, I don’t buy Rick’s bullshit anymore and you shouldn’t either. Willing to spend on their own terms does not equal willing to spend at market value/rate. And if you aren’t willing to spend at the level the market requires, you aren’t signing top free agents.

Did Charles the Cat delete his Twitter yet?

Time for another name change, and this...

Did the White Sox really have the financial resources to sign Machado? “I don’t know exactly what people are saying when you talk about that, but I think I was clear that there were a couple of premium-type talents that fit along our timeline that we were going to be aggressive with, and I felt like we were. I also was pretty clear from the start going back years on this. I can’t promise we are going to convert on every target, whether it’s trade, Draft or free agent. “At any point in this process I don’t think anything was necessarily promised other than trying to put ourselves in the best position to target guys who fit for the long term. We’ve been able to deliver on that more often than not in this process so far. This one, obviously, we didn’t convert on, and it’s disappointing and we feel it.” This is what fathom is referring to in regards to Harper. I for one and sick of hearing about being aggressive. You either pay market value or you sit out. Stop making lame excuses.

You are talking about signing three guys who may or may not be available next offseason when a 26 year old better option than all three is currently available. Rendon and Goldschmidt are prime extension candidates.