Oso planning to go pro
Ken Rosenthal @Ken_RosenthalSource: #WhiteSox offer to Machado was 8/$250M (a higher AAV than he will receive from #Padres. Total value of deal - with incentives and vesting options - could have been “well north” of $300M.
Interesting, talent continues to migrate to the NL.
This is such a flip from a few years ago. Ten years back all of the talent was going to the AL. I think it’s in part due to the existence of the juggernauts in Boston, New York and Houston. Why spend money to bring in talent when toppling the big 3 is nearly impossible? It’s the same reason why all of the talent went West in the NBA for the last ten years, since LeBron was dominating the conference. Now that LeBron is in the West and the Warriors are the dominant team, it looks like a lot of the talent is shifting back east. Kudos to the White Sox for trying to get Machado. Just like all three NL divisions, the AL central is ripe for the taking as Cleveland tails off. Too bad it didn’t work out.
Chicos Angels fan patting Chicos Cubs fan on the back. Nice.
was that really necessary? and many wonder where the back n forth comes from
My note on them being maybe embarrassed had to do with something odd seems to have happened in the last 24 hours that left the Sox looking like they didn't know what was going on. If they simply got outbid and the Padres were just closing the deal, that's one thing, but the info and reactions out there look like the Sox didn't get to go back to the table or something along those lines.
Now all we have to show for the pursuit of Manny is 13 million spent on 2 guys we didn't need. Kenny saying they were never going to 300 million was tantamount (IMO) to admitting they were never in on Harper and only getting Machado if a JD Martinez situation developed. This was a perfect storm scenario for the Sox to prove they were serious about their rebuild. The White Sox should be embarrassed. #Epic fail.
I forgot who I was listening to this afternoon, might have been Waddle, but what ticks me off the most as a Sox fan is this was the perfect storm for them to go big. They saved on payroll the last few years, their future payroll commitment is next to nothing, they have financial resources to go out and get a superstar, who at 26, plays a valuable position, while blueblood financial teams are sitting out the market. For 2 years internally they planned and marketed to go after him. The AL Central window has opened, he’d have been an anchor in their lineup as the kids came up. And at the end of the day, they lost, and it’s really hard to envision another opportunity for a player like this to hit the market with the bluebloods on the sidelines. They were going to have to get to a slightly uncomfortable salary number to get Machado, and all the time and effort they spent, they wouldn’t guarantee the number he wanted. Disappointing.
San Diego, CA or Chicago, IL. Tough choice.
By that logic, every free agent should sign with the Padres.
I will enjoy watching Goldy on the Cards though. I will probably be watching a lot of Cards games...
Feel for the WS fans.Feel for Hahn. $300m was likely always the number, you signed his guys and probably had a Jordan contact ready to go as well. Literally the cornerstone to the AL Central crown and Jerry pulled the reigns back?Also, why the hell was Kenny out talking at all? There should've been one response from Rick and that's it. Kenny needs to get the unnatural carnal knowledge out faster than GarPax. Hahn is the savant in a class of dunces on the south side.
Yeah - Chicago might be behind San Diego, San Francisco, L.A, Seattle, Toronto and NYC but...This is really bad news for Milwaukee, Kansas City, St Louis, Dallas, Houston, Cincinnati, Tampa, Miami, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, D.C., Minneapolis, Boston, Phoenix, Detroit, Atlanta, Baltimore, Denver and Oakland.
2005 was my fondest sport's memory after 1977. The one horrible side effect is that it meant a lifetime contract for KW. Many of the Scoopers who post on baseball would be better at his job than he is.
Yeah, but no one on here can rock those transition lenses like KW
Seattle and Toronto?
If they were offered $50M more in guaranteed money to live in SD? Yup, probably.