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You sure about that? http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ARI/ARI200110270.shtmlhttp://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ARI/ARI200111030.shtml
What do you think VBMG? Best play in the history of the WS?
Best play in the history of any sport at any time.
That's a stretch. I mean, I made a pretty spectacular game-winning catch in an intramural football game while at MU, circa 2000.
I wouldn't hold your breath on Machado.
I'm not even going to get my hopes up on Machado, but that would be something...
Why is that? The Sox and Phillies are the two teams that can front load more money against the tax than anyone else. The Yankees are working to get there, they can't sign both Harper and Machado. Under the new CBA, the Sox will have an incredible number against the tax to work with. Dodgers would be in play if Kershaw opts out, but then another team will absorb his salary. They clearly have as good a chance as anyone.
Do the White Sox want one player to take up such a large portion of their payroll? They've shown no indication in the past that they're willing to put together the type of exorbitant offer it will take. And while their rebuild is off to a solid start, at least in terms of some of the prospects they've acquired, it may take a leap of faith from Machado to believe they will be fielding a winning team in the near future. So how much more would they then have to pay than some other teams that may have more attractive situations?Anything is possible and I obviously might be wrong but I just don't see it as likely.
I've always liked the Yankees; Don Mattingly was my favorite player as a kid, and I wore a Yankees hat literally every day in high school. Also, the Yanks failed to make the playoffs between the time I was 4 years-old and my frosh year at Marquette, so it's not like I followed them because they were "always winning."Game 7 of the '01 WS reminded me of the cruelty of baseball. I can't stand Luis Gonzalez, (there's no way he wasn't on juice), and he gets a bloop hit to win it all after two of the most remarkable comebacks at Yankee Stadium (Brosius and 'Mr. Novemeber.') Fantastic World Series; I just didn't like the way it ended.
Having befriended some people in the Sox front office, I can say that I'm led strongly to believe they are all in on Machado. Whether he signs elsewhere is of course up to him, but with $2.65 million committed to 2019 (without arb guys/rookies), they believe they can heavily front load a deal and stay out of tax hell.
Is front-loading really even an incentive for the player though? I know this is discussed in theory a lot but doesn't seem to be very common.
Shouldn't be real important since contracts are fully guaranteed.It's a very big deal in the NFL, though.
People have to understand the new CBA to realize teams are going to work against the tax like it's a cap. If you're the Cubs as an example, you'd be way better front loading a Machado (or whoever) contract in 2019 if you had Bryant/Schwarber/Russell non arbitration years coming up in '20, '21. No one is going to pay the tax, penalty is stiff. So while it doesn't matter from a guarantee standpoint, it'll you give Machado 5 years, $200 mil, and give him $50 upfront, no player will turndown a front loaded deal.
By the way, anyone see Utley score from first on a dropped third strike? Gotta be one of the best plays in history.
The cubs are on pace to win 108 games. We're talking crap about his managing.
Cubs now on pace to finish 81-81 and miss the playoffs.
I dunno...that may still win the division, especially with St. Louis on pace to win 41 games.
Do the White Sox want one player to take up such a large portion of their payroll? They've shown no indication in the past that they're willing to put together the type of exorbitant offer it will take.
Reinsdorf claimed he was willing to spend big to get A-Rod but they came up a little short. I have my doubts about how close they actually got. I mean, Reinsdorf only reluctantly paid Jordan market value!