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Could be an attempt to make the Dodgers up their offer. Reds can’t possible that stupid, can they?

That’s too logical. Get out of here with that!

Lack of news from legitimate sources is causing all the attention-seeking nut jobs to emerge from the shadows with "scoop."

It certainly did not seem sold out today. Saturday was packed, but it seems fairly organized so it helped. It started emptying out as the day went on today once guys like Abreu, Jimenez, Moncada, and Kopech signed. Nobody was in line for Giolito and Lopez and Fry signings, which I thought was a little odd (especially since Lopez and Fry were together). I heard about McCormick Place from one person in line, and they said they heard it from another fan in attendance. I'll believe it when it happens. I guess the Sox want to make it a Sat/Sun event. I really hope they don't change it because I'm so damn used to the Hilton now.

Actually... yes there was. On Friday, Frank Thomas and Jim Thome were put together for 250 autographs. The Sox screwed up and allowed the VIP pass holders to use their 'fast passes' for this which ended up adding at least another 150 people to the line. With about 50-75 people left, both Thomas and Thome stood up and left, and needless to say, there were quite a few loud, unhappy people. Apparently the Sox took the info down for the people that missed out. I've never seen a line get cut short like that. I was more surprised Thome of all people got up and left. Apparently they had a HOF panel with Fisk, Baines, and Raines and were going to miss it. They even cancelled one of the photo appearances because the line took so long. Other than that, it was a fairly quite weekend.

I would think the holdup is an additional pending move. Whether or not it’s the Dodgers or Sox who knows. I still think Realmuto is connected to this in some way though.

I was gonna pick Lambert on the pitching side. Going with Curbelo with the bat.

So run the risk of completely pissing off Lozano? There’s no way that works. If the Sox pull their offer, I have no doubt they are out on Machado. He’ll end up somewhere else.

I’d really like to see A.J. but I doubt he would be available for that length of time.

Wonder who replaces him.

Yea your probably right. Good friends, close family, workout buddies, work in the same industry. There’s so much to like there. I’m sure he’s given Machado space to do his thing, but there’s no way it hasn’t come up in conversation. And that’s not even throwing Jay into the mix.

He has to have at least some inkling to where he is going to end up. I find it impossible to believe they haven’t discussed it.

There’s no concrete evidence to suggest that’s who is involved.

Logistically, it most likely has to be for guys already on the 40-man roster. The Sox are maxed. Bummer and Fulmer make a lot of sense. I don't think we're gonna have to worry about our prospects.

Please no Bush...

Not if Goldberg is pitching.

Adolfo has grown on me so much over the past 2 seasons. I really hope he ends up in RF with that cannon.

Same. Seconded. He reminds me so much of Ryan Sweeney.

Interesting because it involves one of the players scheduled to attend Soxfest? Or simply because they want to announce it at the opening ceremony?

There absolutely is going to be some movement at some point. Hahn even mentioned prospect for prospect trades a few times. Dunning would be tough, he seems like a really solid bet to crack the rotation. I'm really curious to see who out of the OF bunch sticks around.

Yea, you respond to that after the meeting takes place. I believe it was discussed after his Yankees meeting. Seems oddly placed to discuss that at this point, this far into the process. Unless the media are legitimately grasping at any other Machado content they haven't already beaten to death.

I don't think it is. None of the other Barstool Chicago guys tweeted anything. In fact, one of them replied asking if it was Joc.

Maybe someone should ask. I don't think he would do that again. He's remained relatively quite this offseason.

This is a good guess. Wasn't there rumors last year the Sox had interest in him?