steveno89

Who the heck is AG Sports Network? Everybody is an insider at this point? Jeez

Hope we have not reached the "turning on one another" point in the offseason. Sox fans need to stick with one another through this painful rebuild and will be better for it. Insider or not, no deal is done until officially announced. We all sit an continue to wait. If the Harper domino falls, I would expect the market to heat up pretty quickly following.

No confirmation of this yet. Could be pure speculation, but interesting to monitor.

Apparently Vegas is no longer taking prop bets on where Bryce Harper will sign. Strong smoke he is going to the Phillies as soon as tomorrow.

None of this seems like it will resolve itself soon. Machado's camp will continue to wait, knowing the Sox offer is not going anywhere. It remains unlikely, outside of the Yankees or Phillies, that another club jumps in with an offer high enough to nab Harper/Machado away. Sox are playing this the right way by not blinking, as I do doubt that Harper/Machado fail to sign by the start of the season. Either player would be foolish to accept a one year deal to retest the market, as a down season could end up costing them millions and years.

There are certain areas we really lack depth, especially 1) Middle infield 2) Corner Infield 3) Young starting pitching (High A and below)

Was hoping the Sox would be interested in Pomeranz on a similar, cheap one year deal. If he sucks we cut bait, but if he bounces back he could be a valuable trade asset?

Pipe dreaming a bit, but if Hahn walks out with Manny and Harper in tow it would be absolutely incredible. Not going to happen, but would be insane.

Pederson's bat is so much better than Engel's, you could deal with mediocre CF defense. At some point this team needs to transition to trying to win games, and getting a black hole like Engel out of the lineup is essential.

Zero indication that Machado or Harper will sign anytime soon, so this all may take some time to play out.

Not sure what there is to say that has not already been beaten to death at this point. The waiting game continues.

I would be shocked if Machado or Harper took 1 year deals and left gigantic amounts of money on the table. If they can't get what they want now, why risk seeing what happens a year from now?

I highly highly doubt the Machado negotiations have anything to do with Soxfest. National guys would pick up the scoop of a signing pretty quick.

True, but if he really did want to sign with the Sox why wouldn't he have already? I get holding out for higher offers, but if Lozano is still seeking north of $300 million I highly doubt any team jumps to those heights merely by waiting. The entire free agent market seems to be in a holding pattern

Strange that there has been ZERO Machado news for quite some time now. The longer this drags on, the less confident I am in us signing him.

Realistically, Pederson could be a bridge to prospects like Robert/Gonzalez/Basabe/etc. in center field, or could be a longer term option if acquired. If the cost is reasonable this is a move we should make

Nothing new has come out regarding Machado in the past two weeks beyond pure speculation it seems. Sox seem to be very much in the hunt, but things have been oddly quiet at Machado's camp seems to be waiting out the market.

Maybe they spoke to Machado and he said he is not interested in moving his family to Canada? Kinda kills a potential deal

I think you are correct here. Sox have the best offer on the table currently for Machado, but there is some frustration by Lozano's camp that there is not another serious bidder to drive the price up for the White Sox. Sox are content to let their offer sit as no other team is currently willing to come close to that. I hope eventually Machado decides to take an 8 year deal with the Sox and gets it done.

I think we are at the point where the Sox have made their best and final offer likely verbally known to Machado's camp. They are sitting on that offer and seeing if anyone else will join the bidding, knowing they have that offer in their back pocket. It is purely a waiting game right now.

Lozano might be holding out for best possible offer? Sox do not have to increase their bid when their are no other better offers on the table Eventually this damn thing needs to end though

This 7/175 offer leak might just be agent BS in an attempt to get other teams interested in bidding. I have to imagine the Sox would go much higher

It's not just unloading Heyward's contract, it would be unloading his contract without taking significant bad salary in return, which is not going to happen

I do not buy the Cubs as being in on either player. Their payroll is projected to come in around $220 million for 2019 already, adding Machado/Harper would push them way into luxury tax hell and strip them of any flexibility moving forward.

I think the Harper meeting is going to be pretty influential tomorrow as to what plays out with Machado