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He came out with his "story" and it's utter horseshit. The TL:DR of it is that he says the Padres covert meeting with Harper was just to throw people off of the scent that they ACTUALLY wanted Machado all along and to lull the Sox in to a false sense of security with Machado, then secretly offer Machado a $300M deal on the sly. And it ALMOST worked, before he (the MLB Insider twitter troll) BUSTED the story open on Twitter that Padres were in on Machado, and then the White Sox cartoonishly leaped out of their skin in freight and quickly upped their offer to about $305M (area code 305 reference, cute) just in the knick of time to save the day! Machado to the White Sox announced soon! What a fucking imagination.

I think he's saying all 3 Front Offices prefer Machado, but the owners in Philly and SD might not be so sure they prefer Machado over Harper, likely because Harper is the bigger marketing play. Harper is more likely to translate to dollars, Machado is more likely to translate to wins. Front Offices want wins, owners want dollars. White Sox FO and ownership seem to both agree on Machado being the best fit. That's how I understand his tweet.

Goodnight, love you too Ben

Big, if true.

The downside to not being Boras' top client. Likely spent most or all of his time working Harper deals and Moose gets a screwed over for the 2nd year in a row.

No, because Eloy IS a stud hitter right now. Bush is so young and just getting started that to be content with him ALREADY having to move to 1B sucks not only because he's so young still, but also because he hasn't proven he's a good enough hitter at high levels that it won't matter much.

Love you too, Ben

FG put out an article about potential top 100 guys for 2020 and it included only 1 Sox prospect (Burger), so I asked Longenhagen about Bush making it. Eric says that while his power is legit, he questions his hit tool and he also thinks he's a 1B and won't stick at 3B.

Paul Crane is a real person? I've assumed this whole time it was a fake account with a generic headshot.

Meh, at least they are a lot more toned down and less aggressive. I don't think his opinion on the subject is out there crazy, but I do disagree with it and I think it's a more outdated approach.

I can only assume he has a QO attached to him. Would cost us the #44 pick.

Man, you are old school, huh?

You're going to compare leaving your wife and kids to someone who was a sperm donor to a stranger and was asked to stay out of their lives before the kid was even born yet? What?!?!?! Maybe the child won't want to be contacted by a stranger, who did nothing but donate sperm. He can write notes to the child, that's great, but he should keep them to himself until he is either approached by the mom or the child, and then show the kid evidence that he never forgot about them. But that's not really his call and it would be selfish to interject his life in to theirs when he was asked not to. My sister-in-law has a sperm donor father. She was raised from an infant by her mom's new man. She considers HIM her dad and it's the only dad she's ever known. She refers to her biological dad as "the sperm donor" and thinks it's weird and a bit creepy when he comments on her FB and Instagram posts about his biological grandchildren. That's as much interaction as she allows, and could care less about him. Just because SoxAce will have a biological child doesn't mean that the kid will even know he exists or even WANT him to contact him or her and try to interject themselves in to his or her life when convenient.

The kid has yet to be born, let alone be raised without a father. Plenty of time for this girl to find a nice guy and marry him. She doesn't want him in her or the baby's life. Sure, he can try and patch things up if that's what he wants, but ultimately it's not his decision to be in the kid's life if he respects the woman's wishes.

No

Maybe we should get a new thread before we hit 666....

I was more shocked by Royce Lewis somehow being ranked better.

In their last updated rankings, which I think was done after the season, Eloy was top 3 I think, and Collins was #68. Weird to see Eloy lose 5 spots over the offseason, and Collins drop 60+ spots without any games or injuries occurring.

He got injured running to 1B and walking in his backyard. Neither have to do with playing 3B. I get that you are saying 3B is a more difficult on anyone's body, but his injuries were flukey and I would rather he play 3B as long as he can. If he can't play 3B without hurting himself, then he wasn't long for sports anyway.

I want to say I've hit 69 before, but maybe I just desperately want to remember it being 69 for nice reasons.

At least he's persistent, I guess?

You would think this William guy would give his scoop to Guff or Chuck to break. Unless he has told them and they don't want to run with it because they can't confirm. Chuck was on ESPN1000 today and he said he is hearing stuff, but refuses go say what he's hearing because that's not responsible and he doesn't know what to believe or not. Maybe Mitchell told him and then decided to run with it himself?

I'm disappointed that the thread title is not "Manny Machado: If the glove fits..."