About 12:30 p.m. today, a large crack in the Chicago White Sox universe opened up:
Manny Machado's deal, as @Feinsand first reported, is for 10 years and $300 million with an opt-out after the fifth season.
A monumental deal -- the single biggest free agent contract in American sports history.
And now every eye in baseball turns to Bryce Harper. His move.— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) February 19, 2019larry was quick to post the awful news, and let’s address that, first.
There is no possible interpretation of what apparently went down over these past few days with Manny Machado as anything less than catastrophic to the future of the Chicago White Sox.