steveno89

Rick Hahn 2:11 Should I be looking for a new job in the near future? Tim Dierkes 2:12 Absolutely not. The White Sox pursuit of Machado comes from owner Jerry Reinsdorf, of course. If Reinsdorf greenlighted $310MM, the Sox would be getting ready for this week's press conference. Jerry drew the line wherever he drew it ($250MM?). 2:13 In the 90s, no one beat the drum more against rising player salaries and baseball's supposed need for a salary cap than Reinsdorf. I'm surprised he even got into the arena here, even in light of the Albert Belle aberration.

Sadly, their payroll is so low moving forward, they still will be hugely profitable even if attendance drops

Hahn and Co. asked for patience and to buy into the rebuild being a success. I seriously question whether we are any closer to true contention as we sit now, than we were two years ago? With HUGE AMOUNTS of payroll flexibility moving forward, they elected to be outbid for a premium free agent and tapped out. I do not buy into the BS that Kenny and Hahn are selling anymore.

No chance the Sox shell out for Harper at this point. To lose out on Machado after years of planning is a blow this fanbase will not soon recover from. They cried poor at the worst possible time. How can the fanbase expect them to build a winner without substantial free agent additions along the way? Shameful

The emotional range I'm going through is swinging between shock, heartbreak, uncontrolled anger, despair...and back again

NO ONE CARES WHAT KENNY, HAHN OR JERRY WILL TRY TO SPIN. THIS IS PURE FAILURE TO GET THE JOB DONE. This is such a blow, I'm beside myself

Lozano totally called Hahn and informed him the Padres offered 10/300. Hahn knew he didn't have that kind of ammo and had to tap out. What a crushing blow to every Sox fan. This cheap organization is EXACTLY who we thought they were. Not deserving of a seat at the big boy table.

My concern is not the anger the will come from the die hard fans like us, but from the general apathy the club will receive from the general fans. This is one of the worst days in franchise history. The damage is done.

Lets be honest here, we were never really in the Harper derby as a serious suitor. The money was not there.

F*ck you Kenny, f*ck you Hahn, and f*ck you Jerry

No explanation necessary. The ONLY thing that matters is the club did not get the job done.

It is completely unacceptable for the White Sox to not land a premium free agent given how low their payroll was. Getting outbid by the Padres is pretty much a disaster at this point. F*ck!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cancel the rebuild. Que the Hahn-speak "Well, we tried..."

Wow. I'm speechless. The front office has a ton of explaining to do.

Feels like this whole thing is going to drag out another week

If Hector flips and says the Padres are signing Machado, then it is definitely time to panic

I do trust Hector Gomez. He has been calling Machado to the White Sox consistently for awhile now and has legitimate sources (likely Machado's father).

No. Remain calm that the front office will get several moves done in the next few weeks.

Said it once, I'll say it again. Every Tom, Dick and Harry with a twitter handle out there thinks he/she can be an "insider" by throwing out garbage and seeing what sticks. So much misinformation going on. Sox aren't letting the Padres outbid them for their guy, and if they do, shame on them.

Thread needs to get to 1000 pages in order for Machado to sign on the dotted line. No way the Sox allow the Padres to outbid them for Machado.

Rendon has been a really good player the last three seasons

The National Media guys have had virtually nothing to report on Machado/Harper, which is pretty telling. If anything were close to finalizing I'm sure we'd hear about it.

It's easier if we all assume this is easily going to drag well into March for the Machado/Harper saga to be over

This crap is going to drag out well into March I bet

Philly sucks, totally understand why players would not want to sign there