Lozano's Had Enough (Press Beat-down!)

[Angelsjunky]

(I know there are other Machado threads, but this seems worth starting its own thread).

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/01/agent-dan-lozano-issues-statement-on-latest-manny-machado-reports.html

That's a pretty strong statement - and I can't blame him for it.

If people don't know, this is in reference to rumors that Chicago is offering 7/$175M for Machado, which is obviously way lower than anyone expected.

 

[AngelsLakersFan]

No one wants Many

[T.G.]

Dang Russians.

[floplag]

IDK, i mean of course its what he would say, but the people reporting this are not beat writers, they know people.  Why would they even say it is it wasnt true, thats a reputation hit from hell if it ends up way higher.   Also It would explain why they havent signed. 
7/175 is still 25M per, hardly an insulting offer.
Why do either of these guys deserve more than Stanton?  
 

[Second Base]

This is exactly what I was talking about in regard to Jon Heyman.  There's absolutely no interest in validating these reports.  It's consequence free sensationalism.  They get to lie all day, every day in order to generate esteem and page views.  The media should be required to filter at least a little bit of what they report. 

[Stradling]

15 minutes ago, floplag said:

IDK, i mean of course its what he would say, but the people reporting this are not beat writers, they know people.  Why would they even say it is it wasnt true, thats a reputation hit from hell if it ends up way higher.   Also It would explain why they havent signed. 
7/175 is still 25M per, hardly an insulting offer.
 

The reason they would say it is they can easily say there was a last minute development where a bidding war occurred, thus the higher price. 

[floplag]

1 minute ago, Stradling said:

The reason they would say it is they can easily say there was a last minute development where a bidding war occurred, thus the higher price. 

perhaps, still though it feels a bit like a boy who cried wolf scenario to be that far off if it end up being true.

[Stradling]

Who knows.  When was the last time a national guy lost his job because his sources were wrong.  They only care about clicks.  

[Blarg]

I don't blame Lozano in the least and these writers do need to STFU because they are tampering with the market. These negotiations are not for public consumption before the deal is officially announced and it does not matter what source these guys have. 

[floplag]

5 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Who knows.  When was the last time a national guy lost his job because his sources were wrong.  They only care about clicks.  

granted... but at some point if you are wrong too often people will click elsewhere. 

[floplag]

3 minutes ago, Blarg said:

I don't blame Lozano in the least and these writers do need to STFU because they are tampering with the market. These negotiations are not for public consumption before the deal is officially announced and it does not matter what source these guys have. 

for the 5th day in a row today i read another article/post/tweet about Trout to Philly... at some point does this start to constitute collusion?  Today it was mlb network itself on air and on twitter. 

[hangin n wangin]

Wait...so the media makes stuff up? What an outrage.

[Stradling]

I doubt this has any affect on the market.  Teams know what they’re willing to spend.  

[Angel Oracle]

27 minutes ago, floplag said:

for the 5th day in a row today i read another article/post/tweet about Trout to Philly... at some point does this start to constitute collusion?  Today it was mlb network itself on air and on twitter. 

Why doesn't the national media just get a room with the Phillies, and fellate away?

[Erstad Grit]

Agents never share information in hopes of creating a bidding war.

[Lou]

31 minutes ago, floplag said:

for the 5th day in a row today i read another article/post/tweet about Trout to Philly... at some point does this start to constitute collusion?  Today it was mlb network itself on air and on twitter. 

you answered your own question.

keep clicking away . . . 

[stormngt]

44 minutes ago, floplag said:

for the 5th day in a row today i read another article/post/tweet about Trout to Philly... at some point does this start to constitute collusion?  Today it was mlb network itself on air and on twitter. 

That's a good point

[jordan]

17 minutes ago, Erstad Grit said:

Agents never share information in hopes of creating a bidding war.

[DMVol]

1 hour ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

No one wants Many

[Stradling]

1 hour ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

No one wants Many

I’d be happy with one.

[Docwaukee]

Lozano is a POS.  

 

[AngelsLakersFan]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

I’d be happy with one.

I'd prefer fewer.

[Make Angels Great Again]

7 minutes ago, azmancini said:

The dude is a 100% douche. And a mentally disturbed PUNK!  He reminds  me of Canseco for some reason and that couldn’t be good.

 

Holy shit, that picture doesn't help my opinion of him.

[Yellow Balloon]

At least that one guy (who looks a bit like Mitch Moreland) is offering him a shirt to put on.

[nate]

Fact is, if Machado had a good enough offer, he would have taken it by now.

My guess is Machado and Harper both are not getting near the kind of money they expected.