If the Phillies strike out on both Bryce Harper and Manny Machado, what happens?
Rick Hahn is the architect of a team that has averaged 92 losses over six years, including 100 last season. Yet there he was, standing in a ballroom at the general managers' meetings earlier this month, declaring that the Chicago White Sox should be taken seriously as bidders for the two players about whom everyone is buzzing.
"While we are not yet in position realistically to be adding so-called finishing pieces, we are in a position where we need to be opportunistic with regard to the free-agent market," Hahn said.