All right, so it wasn’t exactly when you were sleeping, but some random news and notes to get a jump on your do-we-get-our-Manny-news-today Tuesday ...
The #Whitesox have agreement with free agent outfielder Jon Jay. He must complete physical for it to become official. So the Sox now have Manny Machado’s brother in law, Yonder Alonso, and close friend, Jay, on the team as they have offer on table for Machado.
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) January 8, 2019
As pointed out in SSS comments last night, all jokes aside, at least the Jay signing attacks an area of need, and can stand on its own merit vis-à-vis the Yonder Alonso Cleveland Payroll Bailout Trade for a Second DH.