Who knows if the White Sox have made any promises when it comes to the length of a contract offer to Bryce Harper or Manny Machado.
Conflicting reports were the story of the day Wednesday, with ESPN's Jeff Passan writing the White Sox were willing to guarantee Harper a 10-year deal just hours before The Score's Bruce Levine tweeted the White Sox aren't going to make either Harper or Machado an offer that lasts more than seven years.
Whichever of those ends up as more accurate, the idea of a seven-year contract offer brought this idea to mind: What if it's the White Sox version of a compromise on opt-outs?