Jose Abreu

There are a few videos out on Twitter but from people who were there, I heard he came off as pretty confident

That would sound a lot more like admitting defeat than anything he actually said

I do agree, but with the way the media and even the team's own fans treated their chances at landing a whale back before November, I would probably be tempted to boast like that if I were him as well

I'm getting the same impression, although not surprised by the negativity

From Rosenthal ^

I highly doubt that GMs get their intel on contract negotiations from Bruce Levine

Government gets re-opened on day 1 of Soxfest? Coincidence? Or is this Reinsdorf and Hahn giving us another hint?

The Rosenthal tweet was well before the WSD/Bilek tidbits though

The bold part is the biggest factor as to why I think a SoxFest announcement could be wise, but I agree with those who think Machado is way too high profile to keep under wraps like that. I could see a Pederson trade being announced there, though

They also won more championships in October of 2005 than non-October months of 2005.

too soon

Tonight was the corporate partnership party at the stadium (which Hahn was at, according to Chili). The scoreboard was lit up for it according to Luis Robert's Instagram story.

Obviously am not a big believer in J. Michael Robertson's sources but it would make sense to trade Laz Rivera

It's an MLBTradeRumors commenter account but I think he was joking anyway.

Haven't been able to catch up on this thread but I will say that Hahn was not at the STH event, and he was there last year

Yes

He’s there tomorrow from 3-7

Might as well lock up the thread and go home now.

I wonder what surprises he would actually be aware of that weren't Machado related

I disagree, I think this means that a Joc trade has been agreed to already