Manny Machado wasn't the last opportunity the White Sox will have to add what Rick Hahn calls a "premium talent." There will be more opportunities, and soon.
But the opportunity to add Nolan Arenado will not be one of them.
According to ESPN's Jeff Passan, the biggest name slated to hit next offseason's free-agent market will not be doing so, instead signing an eight-year extension with his current team, the Colorado Rockies, that will give him the highest annual salary in baseball and an opt-out clause just three years in.
BREAKING: Third baseman Nolan Arenado and the Colorado Rockies are finalizing an eight-year, contract extension worth more than $255M, league sources tell ESPN.