Jose Abreu

Pointed that out to someone and he's working on it now. It is indeed a pretty straight view

I agree that it's impossible to tell, at least to someone like me who can't play around with editing it. I still think it might just be a dollar sign.

This could be it, depending on the side patch. Good find

I can make out an S, that's it. My friends who are good with Photoshop/Adobe programs all think it's a Sox hat, FWIW.

You guys are really getting a "3" from this? https://imgur.com/a/XgpBNoL To me it has to be an S of some sort, whether it's $, Sox, etc

It kind of looks like a dollar sign in the negative image. Which would be quite fitting, given what's in his future

https://imgur.com/a/yJ6NUtm Here's the negative image. Easier on the eyes a bit

It's funny that you say that, because I was starting to believe but that picture made me think it's not a Sox hat

https://imgur.com/a/LNuAf2f This image has reduced noise and increased contrast but has not been otherwise altered

The full video (which I just posted) makes it obvious. If anyone watches it and still thinks it's Jay, Jay is on her first Instagram story and is wearing a completely different outfit with no hat, while Alonso and the kid are wearing the same outfits

It's Machado

I'll take the opposite. It is Machado but it is not a Sox hat

Yes, have you been able to watch the video? It's blatant once you see the whole thing

Without a doubt, it's obvious in the full video

That was my original guess. But there are plenty of Sox hats with random patches on the side being sold these days, too

I don't think he is either but I can't tell for sure. Have we forgotten how the Luis Robert signing got leaked?

amberm2323

Feel free to tweet it out, you have the outreach and someone in White Sox Twitter has to be able to identify it, right?

I can't tell what hat Manny is wearing, seems like a Dominican Republic hat or something but there's like a 5% chance it's a Sox hat. Anyone with Instagram care to weigh in? The account is @amberm2323 and it's a video of her kid batting with Machado and Alonso in the background edit- and this is her story, not a post

You can't link to Instagram stories, but Machado, Alonso, and Jay were all working out together today per Alonso's wife's Instagram

Any ideas as to how reporters in New York are the ones finding out about our opt-out discussions with Machado?

What I'm struggling with is understanding why the Sox wouldn't trigger that option.

https://www.sny.tv/yankees/news/could-the-swellopt-be-a-path-to-yankees-for-free-agent-manny-machado/302837298

Please change the thread title from "Sox have interest in non-$300M free agents as well" to "Sox have interest in non-$175M free agents as well". Thanks.

I don't think it makes a difference. They were out before and they're out now