wrathofhahn Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 (edited) 3 minutes ago, DirtySox said: I took that as they are not wearing Harper blinders and have multiple balls in the air. As they should. Having multiple balls in the air is retarded that kind of shit is what causes you to spend 80 million on Wei Yin Chen because the top FA wouldn't take your money. Have your targets and if you don't get them move on and goto plan B. Personally plan B would be my plan A as this roster is nowhere ready to compete. Edited December 7, 2018 by wrathofhahn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 If that were really going to stop Harper from signing with the Sox, he wouldn't be meeting with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peavy44 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 2 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: If that were really going to stop Harper from signing with the Sox, he wouldn't be meeting with them. Exactly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtySox Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 2 minutes ago, wrathofhahn said: Having multiple balls in the air is dumb that kind of shit is what causes you to spend 80 million on Wei Yin Chen because the top FA wouldn't take your money. Sure. Because having balls in the air automatically equates to blowing your wad on the runner up free agent as a consolation prize. I meant they are likely looking at pitching options, inning eaters, backup catchers, trade opportunities, buy low candidates etc. We know where you sit though. Your posts make it clear enough. FWIW if the Sox don't land Machado or Harper I hope they stay the rebuild course. No reason to jump the gun a la the Padres last year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 2 minutes ago, DirtySox said: Sure. Because having balls in the air automatically equates to blowing your wad on the runner up free agent as a consolation prize. I meant they are likely looking at pitching options, inning eaters, backup catchers, trade opportunities, buy low candidates etc. We know where you sit though. Your posts make it clear enough. FWIW if the Sox don't land Machado or Harper I hope they stay the rebuild course. No reason to jump the gun a la the Padres last year. Bingo. This front office is smart enough to have multiple if/then plans going on at the same time, and have just stated if it isn't right, they aren't going to force it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 6 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: Bingo. This front office is smart enough to have multiple if/then plans going on at the same time, and have just stated if it isn't right, they aren't going to force it. I think they’ll force it way more than they did last offseason, as illustrated by Avi/Davidson and reports of them spending big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrathofhahn Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 (edited) 10 minutes ago, DirtySox said: Sure. Because having balls in the air automatically equates to blowing your wad on the runner up free agent as a consolation prize. I meant they are likely looking at pitching options, inning eaters, backup catchers, trade opportunities, buy low candidates etc. We know where you sit though. Your posts make it clear enough. FWIW if the Sox don't land Machado or Harper I hope they stay the rebuild course. No reason to jump the gun a la the Padres last year. I hope you right but Kenny Williams doesn't normally operate that way Edited December 7, 2018 by wrathofhahn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSoxFanMike Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 I think you guys are reading too far into things at this point. For one, obviously they're not going to spend 100% of their time and effort going after just Harper. They would be foolish to ignore other potential possibilities that could make the team better, whether that's pitching or other position players. As far as raBBit goes, I'm not sure why he retweeted that tweet but I think there's a fair amount of sarcasm that can be taken from it. I highly doubt that anything LaRoche related would have an impact on whether or not Harper would sign with the Sox this offseason. The LaRoche saga was almost 3 years ago at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peavy44 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 6 minutes ago, Whitesox27 said: I think you guys are reading too far into things at this point. For one, obviously they're not going to spend 100% of their time and effort going after just Harper. They would be foolish to ignore other potential possibilities that could make the team better, whether that's pitching or other position players. As far as raBBit goes, I'm not sure why he retweeted that tweet but I think there's a fair amount of sarcasm that can be taken from it. I highly doubt that anything LaRoche related would have an impact on whether or not Harper would sign with the Sox this offseason. The LaRoche saga was almost 3 years ago at this point. Harper wouldn't have met with white sox if that was case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron883 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 4 minutes ago, peavy44 said: Harper wouldn't have met with white sox if that was case Any more news from your source? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peavy44 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 3 minutes ago, Hot FiRe said: Any more news from your source? Maybe sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peavy44 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Harper is at the Blackhawks vs las vegas golden knights game tonight in las vegas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hi8is Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 I heard he ate a peanut butter bacon sandwich for breakfast, oddly enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxwinner Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 I'm the guy who's theory that was that the sox are putting all of their eggs in one basket. RaBBit was simply saying that they aren't putting all of their eggs in one basket, not that we weren't in on him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peavy44 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 13 minutes ago, whitesoxwinner said: I'm the guy who's theory that was that the sox are putting all of their eggs in one basket. RaBBit was simply saying that they aren't putting all of their eggs in one basket, not that we weren't in on him They going hard after harper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 (edited) Nothing major, but Spanish announcer for Yanks and Eagles says he’s heard Sox are heavily involved with Machado https://mobile.twitter.com/RR_RicardoFAN/status/1070915279792848896 Edited December 7, 2018 by fathom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Hey mods, any possibility of getting separate Harper and Machado threads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bschmaranz Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Just now, fathom said: Hey mods, any possibility of getting separate Harper and Machado threads? Why? We're signing both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peavy44 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 7 minutes ago, fathom said: Nothing major, but Spanish announcer for Yanks and Eagles says he’s heard Sox are heavily involved with Machado https://mobile.twitter.com/RR_RicardoFAN/status/1070915279792848896 This guy source is wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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