Next year at SoxFest, if the stars align, a gargantuan contract is offered and a certain free agent shortstop/third baseman believes his baseball future belongs on the south side of Chicago, the White Sox will introduce Manny Machado as the grand prize to their rebuild to a frenzied crowd of Sox fans at the Hilton Chicago.
If it happens (and we’ll get to the “if” in a moment), you’ll be able to credit Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf for giving Rick Hahn the enormous funds to make it happen.
But you’ll also be thanking their new catcher Welington Castillo for being the White Sox ace in the hole in luring Machado to 35th and Shields.