MondoLinks: Another scuttle of coal

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty ImagesWe are hearing more serious rumors about Bryce Harper and Manny Machado. We are getting the sense that offers are being typed up now and we might get decisions in the next 2 weeks. Those 2 deals alone could pump $600 million into the MLB player payroll bucket, which would vastly change the math underpinning the MSM complaints. And it should open up a rash of follow-on deals as the losers rush to grab the best of the tier 2 Free Agents while there is still time. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

Head colds are so annoying. Not bad enough to shut a body down completely, but bad enough to wish you were dead. Not even baseball helps. I know. Too well at…