caulfield12 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 (edited) 22 minutes ago, TitoMB345 said: no way! lol. it will crash! Actually, I don't think that will happen...not right away. A lot will tune out until the last couple of weeks of spring training. It's just going to seep into conversations once the season starts. For example, if someone starts speculating we can STILL successfully sign TWO whales next off-season, and everyone will roll their eyes or say we'll be lucky to get just one. Then there will another thread about all the potential connections to said player, and who we can bring on board to influence the negotiations. More eye rolling, and not the WSD trademark kind. Maybe some comments about how the Reinsdorf's preserved their wealth, that's easy to get behind for fans. Edited January 15, 2019 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Abreu Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 This is the account that broke Segura to PHI and got credited by Rosenthal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saufley Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Just now, Jose Abreu said: This is the account that broke Segura to PHI and got credited by Rosenthal. Say goodbye to Manny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlando Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 2 minutes ago, Saufley said: Say goodbye to Manny. Why? It doesn’t say he accepted or is expected to accept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mqr Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Just now, Orlando said: Why? It doesn’t say he accepted or is expected to accept. I suppose the logic is that they wouldn’t bother fielding an offer if they weren’t beating the sox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtySox Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 1 minute ago, Orlando said: Why? It doesn’t say he accepted or is expected to accept. Because the sky is always falling. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigHurt3515 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 (edited) 1 minute ago, mqr said: I suppose the logic is that they wouldn’t bother fielding an offer if they weren’t beating the sox Who knows if they even know the Sox offer. Edited January 15, 2019 by BigHurt3515 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 (edited) I'm sure with the reports out, Phillies probably offered more money (unless they know they have the upper hand on Harper). Just depends if the Machado family would actually wanna live in Philadelphia. Edited January 15, 2019 by SoxAce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSox13 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Keep in mind this is the Phillies first offer while the Sox have had one on the table and can still counter the Phillies offer. Now shit is finally getting interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Just now, SoxAce said: I'm sure with the reports out, Phillies probably offered more money. Just depends if the Machado family would actually wanna live in Philadelphia. More money makes living pretty much anywhere bearable. He's taking the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshPR Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 6 minutes ago, Saufley said: Say goodbye to Manny. Yup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlando Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 1 minute ago, mqr said: I suppose the logic is that they wouldn’t bother fielding an offer if they weren’t beating the sox This actually makes me happy. We knew they would eventually offer a contract. We also knew 7/200 is a joke. This just means the end is in sight. The Phillys offering a contract will make the Sox either put up or shut up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWSpalehoseCWS Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 8 minutes ago, Jose Abreu said: This is the account that broke Segura to PHI and got credited by Rosenthal. Ugh... Baseball gods, be kind... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 (edited) If the Phillies get BOTH Harper and Machado...that's going to be nearly impossible to explain to Sox fans. It would make sense to both players, though, as long as they maximized their total contract dollars. The Phillies would suddenly go from 3rd place to favorites for 1st. Harper would still be THE man. Not sure how happy Manny would be to play second fiddle. It is a bit strange that they're not first making an offer to Harper...maybe they already have? That was also supposed to happen this week, sometime. Edited January 15, 2019 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Same account predicted yesterday the Phillies land both: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOFHurt35 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 4 minutes ago, Orlando said: This actually makes me happy. We knew they would eventually offer a contract. We also knew 7/200 is a joke. This just means the end is in sight. The Phillys offering a contract will make the Sox either put up or shut up. This indeed. They need to finally get an actual bidding way to figure out where this is going to end. Sox putting out the only legit (lowball) offer is not how this was going to end. Unfortunately, it's the only offer so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vote4Pedro Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Just now, fathom said: Same account predicted yesterday the Phillies land both: #stupidmoney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vote4Pedro Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 That’s exactly why you can’t mess around with your offers, KW and RH simply cannot be cheap here and I know there have been those that say they aren’t but at the end of the day if you have him for the taking quit fooling around and just sign the damn guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nardiwashere Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 I have never realized how big of pussies Sox fans can be. Every neutral piece of information is met by people panicking and expecting the worst. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 But at least we have "smart" money, lol. Of course, the odds are probably 2 out of 3 that the Phillies will EVENTUALLY regret such a move, but for the first 2-3 years, their fans will be walking around on Cloud 9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOFHurt35 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 2 minutes ago, fathom said: Same account predicted yesterday the Phillies land both: I don't see any possible way any team gets both. You're talking $600 million / $70 million per. Minimum Neither of these guys are taking a hair cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 2 minutes ago, fathom said: Same account predicted yesterday the Phillies land both: No fucking way, they’d be in luxury tax he’ll for the foreseeable future IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtySox Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Just now, Nardiwashere said: I have never realized how big of pussies Sox fans can be. Every neutral piece of information is met by people panicking and expecting the worst. It's awful. Did people not expect other teams to offer him a contract? Please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWSpalehoseCWS Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 3 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: If the Phillies get BOTH Harper and Machado...that's going to be nearly impossible to explain to Sox fans. It would make sense to both players, though, as long as they maximized their total contract dollars. The Phillies would suddenly go from 3rd place to favorites for 1st. If Philly signs both, Soxfest will be a disaster for Hahn and co. That town hall meeting is going to be brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 3 minutes ago, Nardiwashere said: I have never realized how big of pussies Sox fans can be. Every neutral piece of information is met by people panicking and expecting the worst. It's better to be realistic/pragmatic as a White Sox fan than to be hopelessly optimistic and have your heart torn out again and again. If you were a Sox fan in the 1970's and 1980's, this feeling would be quite easy to identify with. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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