smellysox

Right!? That's what I thought too.

Yes you are correct. I've been over in Manny land - that other thread. Missed the Bowden tweet. And that is a very significant thing he said. Wow.

Do you think the Sox will raise their offer?

I do realize the panic over SD. They are a wildcard. Hahn said they are going to go down swinging. I think they match anything the Padres bring to the table.

I completely agree with everything you are saying. Let me recap everything that happened in the last 24 hours: 1. Yesterday Chris Russell on 106.7 the Fan said that his source said Harper has made his decision. Announcement in the next 24 hours. Then later his source backed off the 24 hours to next few days, but Harper's decision hasn't changed. Now Chris Russell guessed it was probably the giants. But it was just a guess. This is all over at the Harper thread. 2. Still had the random tweets say sox have signed both whales. And then one of the tweets from @ThisOnesForTom saying the same thing but also saying its done! This guy has broken Patriots news before. So there's possibly some legs to this. 3. At the same time the Patriots fan is tweeting, the Phillies are holding their own presser. That really disappointed a lot of their fans and sports writers. Almost preparing everyone that they may not bring home a whale. 4. Then we had our very own teorey23 chime in "boy oh boy we're all in for a treat" followed by a picture of Harper/Machado. This guy claims to know what's going on. Idk? But Mbs1969 ( another person who seems to know whats going on ) came on 2 nights ago and said no to 2 whales just one - Machado. But shack was arguing that that could have changed. 5. Wsd then joined our sox talk last night and told us that no random tweeter is going to break this story. But the teen with the joc scoop was right just the trade fell apart at the end. He's just assuming the Sox are out on Harper but he doesn't know. He does know about Machado. And feels good about the Sox's chances. SD is a wild card. Yankees are nothing to be worried about. 6. And then we finish the day with a Hector Gomez tweet. The sox are Manny's preferred team. I do agree with wsd in that some radom guy isn't going to break this story. Whether the patriot guy is random or not Idk? I do know this. The front office planned very thoroughly for this offseason. Probably knew that it was going to be a depressed market. Saw that possibility last off season. But still didn't know about the Yankees, Dodgers, Phillies, even the Giants or Padres. Did the Sox approach this off season trying to land both superstars? No, not at all. They checked in on both hoping to get one. But.....clearly things have changed. It's a 2 maybe 3 horse race for 2 whales. I think they ARE trying to land both whales now though. Maybe under the circumstances that shack wrote about. But I think They're trying. Will they convert? It's possible. Feel very good about one though.

Yeah I'd like to believe this. I don't understand the offer being shopped reason for no leaks. I get it from the Sox standpoint but why wouldn't the agents want to? This does kinda go with the tone of the Phillies press conference today.

Even if the sox got Harper, I would hate it if the Padres got Machado -especially with Tatis there.

So cruel. But true.

I get tingly too.....nope, just peed a little bit. I'm ok.

Now remember that Paul Crane guy tweeted this morning that SD was out after a final push this week. And that Manny made his choice to the Sox. We all kind of blew him off. At least I did. Also because he said the Yankees were out on Harper. So maybe he did have something?

No Hector, thank you!

Thank you Ray Ray!

And not to mention that Harper's camp and the Phillies I'm sure by now have seen all the tweets hinting at such - Plus all of our very own pages here at sox talk . I'm sure it's not a secret now.

Maybe the ceo of stadium is the source?

Good job Kiebs!

I really think that this guy is telling the truth. I believe he does have a source. Now whether or not that source is playing him and its all a bunch of crap, Idk? I think he might be a poster here or at the very least someone lurking. But he has stood by his story. The timeline may have been off a couple times. One thing is for sure, we will know soon. Lol

I've always liked Paul Crane! Very intelligent. Sorry couldn't type that with a straight face. Lol Not gonna lie. I like what he's saying about the Sox.

Where is the Phillies payroll at right now with the extension to Nola and the acquisition of Realmoto? Just wondering where they will be at with Harper?

And this was mentioned yesterday. I don't doubt Philadelphia could out bid Chicago for Harper. But if Harper doesn't want to go to the Phillies and Chicago's offer is close enough then yeah it's very possible he comes with Manny to the Sox.

I know SD has had alot of debt - financing for the new stadium. So they shocked the world when they spent big money on Hosmer. But what is their budget? Where does their payroll need to be to be in the black and pay down some of that debt? I really have no idea.

Sorry, I must have missed it. Who was Manny's "cousin ?" And what did he say?

Well 14 yrs, Zach Collins and a few of the prospects might be ready by then. Lol

Thanks. Lol. I got it.

Wut?

Top 3 player in this years draft. Top 1st baseman.