Jose Abreu

Translation: Boras wants us to up our offer

An offer without opt-outs is hardly an offer

He's a Red Sox fan so I doubt he cares much, but I agree that it's probably nothing

Very likely fake but he does at least live in Charlotte

Not sure if the Nats have completely moved on but absolutely agree that this is a Boras planted leak.

Whether it's 10/300 or 10/350, the fact remains that there are no opt-outs (unless the whole report is wrong) which makes it a token offer at best

Not just the tweet but his posts in this thread were encouraging too

The WSD and Bilek stuff was way better anyway. As usual they got glossed over and the more substantial but lesser quality report got discussed more

If anyone really believes Dan Clark over WSD and Rabbit then I don't know why they're even Sox fans

In case anyone is just refreshing this thread, Rabbit also tweeted about Harper and the info was very similar to what Bucket posted earlier. Seems like things are beginning to move quickly

Very similar to what Bucket said. Which is a good thing for us

While we're at it, I think Eloy should be hitting in front of Abreu. Moncada-Harper-Machado-Eloy-Abreu-whatever is my vote. Either way, I'm optimistic about landing one of the two but I think the chances we get both are <1%.

I'm gonna try to summarize today's rumors, both for my sanity and for those who are catching up: -A respected Dodgers reporter said that he heard from a friend of Machado that he is considering signing with the White Sox -Bucket re-appeared and said that the Sox feel really good about their chances with Harper and that the Cubs aren't a threat -Nightengale reported that the Sox have offered Machado a contract and are still in contact with Harper -WhiteSoxDave reported that the Sox chances with Machado are "good", "great", and "fantastic" between 2 blog posts and predicted that he signs with us within the next 5 days Did I miss anything significant?

WhiteSoxDave just doubled down https://www.barstoolsports.com/chicago/breaking-down-bruce-levines-sox-will-not-go-over-7-years-on-harpermachado-tweet

I have a feeling this will be the final Machado thread

Perhaps but how would they know where we stand with Harper? In reference to the second part of the tweet

Confused as to what the Sox are gaining by leaking that to Bob

Dan Clark and this guy don't even belong in the same sentence, as journalists. One has a track record and presents information in a mature and rational way, the other has a poor track record and whines and pouts when people don't believe him

Next day or two is my prediction (not necessarily with us, but I think he has pretty much decided by now)

Thanks for the PTSD

That was a while ago, right? So many rumors over the past few months, it's hard to keep them all straight

Yeah, I was gonna say, since WSD had the Tulo/Yanks connection tweeted a few days ago, his info about the Yankees FO being split on Machado becomes a lot more believable.