ptatc Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 7 minutes ago, Dick Allen said: The Sox have room for him. The Phillies, not so much. Hahn hasn’t shown he is a great GM, but he is a bright guy. To think they just made this trade just hoping it may move the needle with Machado would be hard to believe. IMO, if this doesn’t work, they should be banned from playing anything but circus music at GRF in 2019. When you are down and feeling g blue just whistle. Always look on the bright side of life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bmags Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 1 minute ago, elwood5892 said: Well hopefully they don’t send Yolmer Sanchez in a Benny the Bull suit to the meeting with Machado. That seems like a good idea tbh 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 2 minutes ago, Tony said: Explain why acquiring a player for one year (the 2020 option vests with 550 PA's, they can take care of that if they want) in a rebuilding year for a fringe prospect is a "debacle." Please. Because it’s not helping at all if we just turn around and dump Abreu to save money. UNLESS THAT MEANS HARPER OR MACHADO. Biggest point is we are helping the Indians offload even more salary...which opens their competitive window into 2021 and 2022 depending on what they get back for Kluber and who else they can sign. Their only bad remaining contract is Kipnis, and that’s only for 2019 with a buyout for 2020. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggins Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 What's up with raBBit is that he's probably right. Not definitely, but probably. It takes a long time to wash the stink of failure off a team, and this offseason will likely end up showing just how far you can go and still fail. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSoxFanMike Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Machado 3B, Alonso 1B, Abreu DH, Palka as the top bat off the bench. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elwood5892 Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 1 minute ago, aeichhor said: Good ole Bruce. The last to report the news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Just now, caulfield12 said: Because it’s not helping at all if we just turn around and dump Abreu to save money. UNLESS THAT MEANS HARPER OR MACHADO. Biggest point is we are helping the Indians offload even more salary...which opens their competitive window into 2021 and 2022 depending on what they get back for Kluber and who else they can sign. Their only bad remaining contract is Kipnis, and that’s only for 2019 with a buyout for 2020. They can sign Abreu after 2019. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 It’s been speculated Abreu might have more value than we’re thinking. If that’s the case I think we’d be surprised by the return. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigHurt3515 Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 1 minute ago, aeichhor said: Bruce can't even get the first report right. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Is Call really a fringe prospect? Seems kinda mean. He has a decent shot to make a roster eventually, fringe prospect to me means some crappy a baller. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
103 mph screwball Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 14 minutes ago, Baron said: I’m actually getting excited about our chance of getting Machado now! They seem like genuinely good friends in the video. Sox are going for it! raBBit is well known and respected I think. Well enough known to be used as a smoke screen. Machado! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 10 minutes ago, fathom said: Some people are crazy on here. This should make people optimistic. Read this post, noting the author if you hate this. This is the White Sox doing literally every thing they can to win this. If they go down, they are going down swinging. I can't ask anymore of them. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerksticks Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Is this really for Call? Damn. Alonzo should have been close to free. I was looking at Call as a future trade piece for somebody good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Just now, bmags said: Is Call really a fringe prospect? Seems kinda mean. He has a decent shot to make a roster eventually, fringe prospect to me means some crappy a baller. Or like mid/upper-20s reliever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 13 minutes ago, Eminor3rd said: Alonso is a substantially better defender than Abreu. But yeah, this means Palka has to *gulp* play the field... ! Haha it would be nice to see a 1B help guys like Timmy and Moncada with the throwing errors though. Machado is already damn good at 3B so I don't worry about him in that regard if he signs here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted December 15, 2018 Author Share Posted December 15, 2018 4 minutes ago, aeichhor said: lol he can't even cite the right source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Soxfan Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Last time that I was so emotionally invested in a free agent signing was when all the signals were pointing to the Sox signing Tori Hunter, then he went to the Angels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 It would be less risky if they weren’t helping our main divisional rival get better simultaneously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 2 minutes ago, Jerksticks said: Is this really for Call? Damn. Alonzo should have been close to free. I was looking at Call as a future trade piece for somebody good. Has t been finalized but that’s the only name I’ve heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Just now, caulfield12 said: It would be less risky if they weren’t helping our main divisional rival get better simultaneously. Eh I kinda felt Alonso would be moved somewhere anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 15 minutes ago, fathom said: Some people are crazy on here. This should make people optimistic. 100% agree with fathom. This is tremendous news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 4 minutes ago, soxfan2014 said: They can sign Abreu after 2019. Why would Machado want to sign up for a team with Yonder Alonso as its best “proven” hitter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 1 minute ago, sox71 said: Last time that I was so emotionally invested in a free agent signing was when all the signals were pointing to the Sox signing Tori Hunter, then he went to the Angels. I remember thinking the Sox would land Cespedes. Worked out for the best but really wanted him at the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southwest Sider Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 3 minutes ago, daggins said: What's up with raBBit is that he's probably right. Not definitely, but probably. It takes a long time to wash the stink of failure off a team, and this offseason will likely end up showing just how far you can go and still fail. Sad but true. Why on earth would machado choose us over the yankees? Why would harper choose us over the dodgers? All they have to do is be in the ballpark in terms of $$$ and sox are screwed. Sad but fucking true. Sucks to suck. The rebuild will need to produce multiple world series contendors before we are actually considered for top FAs. Theres a lot of work to do to dig out of the suck hole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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