It just seems odd and wrong to go to such lengths to put one of your core rebuilding pieces out of position strictly for negotiation leverage. I totally get position flexibility, and the Sox (most likely) would have had to figure something out re:Madrigal in the next year, but man this does cast some doubt in my mind the Sox are gonna land Machado. I won't jump off the ledge yet by any means, but I'm not as confident as I was earlier today.