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Well, forget about that Red Sox-Giants trade for
Joe Panik. Multiple reports now confirm that
The Evil Ones have signed free-agent second-baseman
DJ LeMaheiu to
a two-year, $24 million contract. This probably
also means that
The Bronx Embalmers are now out on the
Manny Machado sweepstakes—a free-agent they never actually made a formal offer to anyway. It's more and more likely that Machado will end up with either the White Sox or Phillies—both of whom have made efforts to sign players and/or coaches that are
"Friends Of Manny". With the arbitration settlement of
Mookie Betts (1 year, $20 million) and the signing of LeMaheiu, it looks like this otherwise dormant off-season may be ready to go into full
DefCon1 mode for Machado,
Bryce Harper and others.
Stay tuned!
