whitesoxwinner

hey rick welcome to sox talk; big fan here. Do you think we are the frontrunners for harper?

David. Listen to this man

Peavy. Don't go. You are going to get me through finals week.

if they were able to unload heyward that would've happened a year ago imo. But if they are able to, then I would change my mind. But I really don't see that happening

The cubs will not outbid the sox. That is a fact. I'd bet my house on it.

Here's where you're mistaken, the source who's giving us all this information isn't from the boras camp or the sox camp. It's through harper's personal camp. So it's probably very possible that if this is true, boras hasn't even told the sox they're the highest.

Good point. The opt-out could be beneficial to us, but I think it's less likely

I know beggars can't be choosers but I'd really hope we'd be able to find some balance where they'd likely stay here for longer. But, I wouldn't protest if that were the case. Plus we will probably be winning around that time so they'd be more likely to resign.

unfortunately we can't front load it too much because then they will just opt out after 4 years

I'll take your word for it. But from what Hahn said today, it sort of seems like it

if he posted his source like he did earlier, then we'd believe it. So that's not true

I'd love a PM too, but don't worry about it at all if you can't get to me.

is this from the same source?

All signs point to harper. If for whatever reason they miss out on harper and Machado is still available, then they will rekindle Machado

Peavy44 might've just become a legend

Without a doubt in my mind the sox will outbid the cubs

it's implied there

Good point! I think it's safe to say we are all hoping for that scenario

Poor Peavy 44. We harassed him and said he could get banned and then he shows us his source that he believes in and now it could result in trouble for him.

It's getting really hard not to get my hopes up

No, and the team hasn't come out and said it went well. We've found that out through sox talk and WSD. They don't want it to be known that it went well, obviously

In the end it's up to Bryce, and the winter meetings are in his hometown. If the sox feel good about their chances right now, it could be a good thing.

I saw WSD tweeted that too, which also made me believe that theory. I wouldn't be surprised if we were one of the final three either; here's to hoping that Harper says yes to us. Also, love the "(from real sources)" hahaha

Dude if you were really told this info you would've started a new thread

In all honesty though, I do think we are a top contender for harper. I think that we would've been more active for Corbin/ already signed others if we didn't think we had a real chance at harper, and I believe this is because the November 19th meeting went so well