The Chicago White Sox offered more money to Manny Machado than they have ever offered in the history of the franchise. He turned it down and went out west to play for the San Diego Padres. He made the White Sox look pretty dumb by choosing to do so. It really looked for a while like he would end up on the south side. The White Sox did everything they could including signing his brother in law Yonder Alonso and his best friend Jon Jay.
None of it worked out and it was a miserable situation as a fan for a while.