chitownsportsfan Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Personally I'd think most people would want to wrap up their employment situation before X-Mas or New Year. Why would he drag it on past next week? I'd think he makes a decision this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 1 minute ago, timbo8 said: wow 90 minutes yankees that very underwelming I feel like they don't have to sell on being a Yankee as opposed to a team like the White Sox has to. Having said that, I do think it was more due diligence on their part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxbadger Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Its an entirely different meeting than the Sox. Yankees arent pitching on Machado on how they can be successful in the future, etc. Everyone already knows that about the Yankees. The meeting was likely nothing more than telling him in person what their offer is and hearing what he wants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shago Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 90 mins is more than enough to check-the-box and sign the papers, hence why they were last. Move on Sox fans. #Hopeisnotastrategy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 I mean....he could already know he wants to go there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
default Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Just now, shago said: 90 mins is more than enough to check-the-box and sign the papers, hence why they were last. Move on Sox fans. #Hopeisnotastrategy They weren't last.. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Just now, shago said: 90 mins is more than enough to check-the-box and sign the papers, hence why they were last. Move on Sox fans. #Hopeisnotastrategy The awkward moment when the Yankees aren't the last team to meet with Machado. 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vote4Pedro Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 1 minute ago, shago said: 90 mins is more than enough to check-the-box and sign the papers, hence why they were last. Move on Sox fans. #Hopeisnotastrategy Only they aren’t last, that would be the Phillies..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggins Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Just now, whitesoxwinner said: I don't think that the notion of "He could know he's signing there so that's why the meeting was that short" holds a ton of merit. In that case I think they would've been there for longer discussing the contract and stuff. Not so much that he knows he's signing there, but the Yanks situation kind of speaks for itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saufley Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 2 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said: Personally I'd think most people would want to wrap up their employment situation before X-Mas or New Year. Why would he drag it on past next week? I'd think he makes a decision this weekend. What a Christmas present that would be! Wife and family should be quite happy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxwinner Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 3 minutes ago, daggins said: Not so much that he knows he's signing there, but the Yanks situation kind of speaks for itself. If he knew he was signing there I don't think he'd want to get out of there so quickly. And if he was leaning towards the white sox after their meeting, the yankees would have some convincing to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggsmaggs Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 7 minutes ago, Soxbadger said: Its an entirely different meeting than the Sox. Yankees arent pitching on Machado on how they can be successful in the future, etc. Everyone already knows that about the Yankees. The meeting was likely nothing more than telling him in person what their offer is and hearing what he wants. This exactly. He'a also much more familiar with NY, the Yankees and Yankee Stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitetrain8601 Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 14 minutes ago, Dam8610 said: That's a due diligence meeting. They're not really in on him. Hopefully he wants to make them pay for that, because the best way for him to do that would be in a White Sox uniform. Or a Red So uniform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Giving Chili the benefit of the doubt for a second & saying Machado is eager to sign, I still don’t think a deal gets done this weekend. Best case scenario he informally selects us and then the two sides start negotiating terms. This is not going to be a straight forward contract so I think the earliest it could get done is after Christmas but before New Years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 7 minutes ago, soxfan2014 said: The awkward moment when the Yankees aren't the last team to meet with Machado. Forget it, he's rollin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 7 minutes ago, Saufley said: What a Christmas present that would be! Wife and family should be quite happy! I am going to guess he wants to get this out of the way by Christmas, hence jamming all of the meetings into this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Soxbadger Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 1 minute ago, Chicago White Sox said: Giving Chili the benefit of the doubt for a second & saying Machado is eager to sign, I still don’t think a deal gets done this weekend. Best case scenario he informally selects us and then the two sides start negotiating terms. This is not going to be a straight forward contract so I think the earliest it could get done is after Christmas but before New Years. id be shocked if they arent 90-95% done prior to the meetings. Everyone knew the framework the day FA started, its not hard to plug in the numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxBlanco Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 38 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said: Look, I have no personal gain from calling out an alleged insider, but he clearly said Machado was staying through Wednesday and that’s not the case if that tweet is true. Honestly, I simply want to know what’s real and what’s BS and despite being one of the more optimistic posters on this board, Chili’s rumor never felt right to me. Again, nothing personal against him, but it just doesn’t seem to jive, at least the part about spending an extra day & night in Chicago. I hear ya. I actually forgot that he said Machado would be in town until Wednesday. I thought he just said Machado would spend Tuesday in Chicago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 They did say that Machado is going to have to sell himself to the Yankees, while the White Sox are trying to sell the White Sox. I'm sure 90 minutes is long enough. I know the White Sox meeting with Harper was reportedly 5 hours, but so much about the Harper meetings have turned out to be BS, maybe that was as well. The other thing is Hal Steinbrenner's mother just died, so he might not have been able to make the meeting. I wouldn't take anything out of it being 90 minutes, good or bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTruth05 Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 That WSD tweet seems to validate Chili's info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Just now, Soxbadger said: id be shocked if they arent 90-95% done prior to the meetings. Everyone knew the framework the day FA started, its not hard to plug in the numbers. Unfortunately it’s the last 10% of an agreement that’s usually painfully slow to iron out. Look, I hope I’m wrong so I can get all my kids Machado jerseys for Christmas, but I’ll remain cautiously optimistic for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supernuke Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 My guess is that they will finish their meeting with Philly tomorrow then tell the teams who are in it to make their best offers on Friday. A decision will be made over the weekend and White Sox fans will will get an early Christmas present on Monday evening. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 1 minute ago, TheTruth05 said: That WSD tweet seems to validate Chili's info. Chili said he gave that info to WSD though, so now we got a bit of a chicken/egg going. Hopefully Dave has confirmed Chili’s rumor elsewhere since then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxbadger Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Just now, Chicago White Sox said: Unfortunately it’s the last 10% of an agreement that’s usually painfully slow to iron out. Look, I hope I’m wrong so I can get all my kids Machado jerseys for Christmas, but I’ll remain cautiously optimistic for now. I really doubt it. Im not sure who is the one who drafts the agreement, I lean towards it being the agent. So its entirely possible the contract is completely drafted and the other clubs have already seen it weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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