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2 run homer from Peterson. Wow. DJ has started nicely.

Jordan Stephens gets blasted for a homer off Pederson.

Jay with a squibber through the middle. Base hit and an RBI. Go Manny's mate.

I hope so. He has nice stuff.

Jose Ruiz with a nice inning. Control and a good fastball. He looks like he could help the pen in 2020 / 2021

Eloy does a John Jay.

Jay strikes out.

Fulmer in.

Roach out of the game. 0.2 innings, 2 walks, a single, 3 doubles, 4 runs given up.

Papa Roach getting blasted by the Dodgers. 3 doubles given up already. 3-0 down already.

I'm going to be rooting for both Jay and Alonso, in the hope that they prove Hahn wrong and end up being more than just a pair of signings to entice Manny. I know that failed but I hope it really spurs both of them on to show every fan what they can do. Maybe if they hit, we could get some trade value for them.

That's assuming Machado was Plan A. If he's Plan B, then that makes sense. I suspect Harper may be Plan A and a larger offer will hit the table now Machado is off the board.

Buster Olney's chipping in with his next random guess. https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/white-sox/olney-white-sox-are-safety-net-manny-machado-and-bryce-harper

To be fair, I don't trust any of them but those two in particular were called out. I'm happy not to believe any of them until he signs.

I've just had a search and it was Lozano, see attached statement

Hold on. Olney and Nightengale were both called out by Lozano for spouting garbage. Why should be believe what they are saying? For all we or they know, the pair could sign next week. I'm waiting for Lozano to call them out again.

I'm bored, you guys are bored, the insiders are bored. Something has to happen soon and when the first of the pair sign, things will liven up. It could be a very interesting February

There has to be an end to this soon. The first Sox Spring Training game starts in 31 days and the first Sox regular season game starts in 64 days. It's been a long long saga. Personally, I can't wait for baseball to start again. I would rather watch a meaningless Spring Training game than be put through this torture

I'm wondering if this could be a clever move by the Sox. Trade away an excess LHP bullpen arm, trade away Fulmer and trade away a prospect who you would have to protect or expose to next year's free agent class. Net result, gain Joc Pederson, gain a 40 man roster slot and 1 less decision to be made December next year.

Will this never end. Bob, Bruce, Phil and Buster, stop it.

Is it me or are these so called professional reporters sounding like spoiled children. First Bruce throwing his toys out the pram at Heyman and now Rogers with this. They should just accept they were caught spreading fake news and move on.

You're right but there is the outside chance it may be something sneaky. Leak it to him, then to one of the insiders, crediting the source, in the hope we bite. As for his other scoop, the guy is good at social media...... It's like saying that Bruce Levine is old.

You have to wonder if Boras has fed him that information, trying to get the White Sox to bite and up their offer. I can't think of anyone else that would benefit from this being tweeted.

More like using the leaks and social media info to your advantage in the negotiations. I agree with you, -3.5% in either direction is probably correct. My point was the White Sox love to work under the radar and using Nightengale like this would keep them under the radar whilst remaining very active with Harper

Thinking on this. Nightingale said that the Phillies are favourites to land Harper, I just wonder if the Sox have fed him that so they can conduct their negotiations and contract offer with Boras under the radar, trying to trump the Phillies offer. They like to do things under the radar and must be raging at all the public leaks and stories from the insiders on Machado.