Manny Machado would be a great addition to the White Sox.
In 2020.
For just free-agent cash, no prospects.
But that’s apparently not the case. The Sox appear to be trying to make a big move now because it’s their only play. That’s the way the game works for teams like the Sox.
While admitting nothing and refusing to name names, GM Rick Hahn said it might be time to gamble during the rebuild he has executed so spectacularly, but really, it always has been time to gamble and always will be when you’re the Sox, a diplomatic way of revealing a South Side truth:
The Sox’s pursuit of Machado in such a risky way — reportedly willing to give up part of the farm system just to get a season’s audience to sell themselves to a player scheduled to be a free agent next winter — again exposes how far down the food chain the Sox rank in terms of destination franchises.