There needs to be a few changes. There needs to be a cut off on these guys like the 1st week of January, and maybe the next time you can sign if after ST. Another, is the trading during/after the winter meetings. Needs to be a cut off there as well. I feel, draft picks should be able to be traded.

There needs to be a few changes. There needs to be a cut off on these guys like the 1st week of January, and maybe the next time you can sign if after ST. Another, is the trading during/after the winter meetings. Needs to be a cut off there as well. I feel, draft picks should be able to be traded.

Didn't they change the rule so picks may now be traded? Maybe it's just compensatory picks though.

While I don't think there should be a salary cap, I do think there should be some consideration given to a contract length cap. 10 years is fucking ridiculous. If these guys were held to 5 years I think they would both have jobs by now and the market for them would be far more competitive. With these 10 year deals you are hoping for 5 seasons at their highest production while knowing you are going to take it in the ass for the final 5 but at the same salary.

There needs to be a few changes. There needs to be a cut off on these guys like the 1st week of January, and maybe the next time you can sign if after ST. Another, is the trading during/after the winter meetings. Needs to be a cut off there as well. I feel, draft picks should be able to be traded.

There needs to be a shit or get off the pot time limit on free agent signings too. These guys shouldn’t be able to hold teams hostage over weeks and weeks while they decide what the fuck they want to do

I was thinking this too. Maybe the Phillies prefer Harper.

The White Sox can offer something no other team in the Manny Machado derby can: the opportunity to play alongside brother-in-law Yonder Alonso and good buddy/winter workout buddy Jon Jay, a chance to unite the "Miami Baseball Brotherhood" on the South Side.
But the Philadelphia Phillies, the White Sox chief and perhaps only remaining competitor in this sweepstakes, have made their own interesting move to try and add an aspect of comfort and familiarity to their pitch.
According to a couple reports, the Phillies added former Baltimore Orioles coach Bobby Dickerson to their coaching staff. Dickerson has been described as Machado's mentor and had a close relationship with him during the 26-year-old free-agent superstar's time in Baltimore.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

The LaMaheiu/Yanks signing should take away real bargaining power for MM. Phils are focused on Harper this weekend, Hahn has to swoop in and grab him. Don't F around and let Phils get a deal done with Harper then throw a stupid deal at MM.

Manny would be a fool to play second fiddle to Harper.

The LaMaheiu/Yanks signing should take away real bargaining power for MM. Phils are focused on Harper this weekend, Hahn has to swoop in and grab him. Don't F around and let Phils get a deal done with Harper then throw a stupid deal at MM.

Except there's a strong chance Manny would be clearly better once they start playing.

Don’t you think Hahn has already put forth his best offer ? I don’t know how much more he’s supposed to do to Dr Wu this guy. Sign his brother in law , sign his best friend . At this point I’d be a little pissed off if I were him. Either you want to fucking play here or you don’t .

I believe that he will be better. For marketing purposes he'll still be #2. He deserves to be the face of an organization.

I understand it gets frustrating but Hahn has zero leverage.

The kicker is if he does sign here at the presser he’ll be “ oh yeah this was my first choice all along , had to let the process play out “ bulllshit when it’s obvious that’s not the case .

He deserves to be the face of an organization.