Does Machado Sign? Will You Be Upset If He Doesn't?

[JohnD]

That's the basic gist. Will the Orioles sign him tonight? And what'll your reaction be?

[TerpsBaseball26]

Based on what Olney said yesterday, I'm thinking he's not going to sign. If we don't get this deal done then I'll be very disappointed. This is a guy we need to get into our system.

[Jimbo81]

I think he will.

That's too much money to pass up for a HS 3rd overall to turn down, IMO.

[Sports Guy]

I think he will and at the end of the day, don't really care what they sign him too. I think there can be mistakes made but signing him is most important IMO.

[maudibjr]

I'm guessing he will sign. We all knew he was a last day sign, so no shocker there. I just think that he is at the peak of his potential signing amount, if he goes to college it will drop.

[Frobby]

If we don't sign him, I will be unhappy. We need a stud SS prospect in our system. I think he gets signed.

[Araqnid]

The talent at the top of the draft next year and is apparent immaturity makes this a "meh" for me.

I agree he'll instantly be the best position player in the system (ceiling-wise) and that he's really valuable. It's more of a situation where the negatives make it so that if a deal doesn't happen I'm not losing sleep.

I really really think it does happen though.

[Going Underground]

He will sign at the last minute as we all thought.

[brotherlo38]

Machado is a far better talent than whoever we would be taking at 3-B next year. We would not be taking the 4th best talent next year, we'd be overdrafting someone who will work out a predraft deal with us.

Machado will sign.

[BaltBound]

Based on what Olney said yesterday, I'm thinking he's not going to sign. If we don't get this deal done then I'll be very disappointed. This is a guy we need to get into our system.

What did Olney say?

[ChaosLex]

Based on what Olney said yesterday, I'm thinking he's not going to sign. If we don't get this deal done then I'll be very disappointed. This is a guy we need to get into our system.

What did Olney say yesterday?

[brotherlo38]

Based on what Olney said yesterday, I'm thinking he's not going to sign. If we don't get this deal done then I'll be very disappointed. This is a guy we need to get into our system.

You do realize who Olney's "source" is, right?

For those who missed, Olney said Machado is the pick most unlikely to sign. Jim Callis just said moments ago on the Rob Long show that Machado will sign.

[hoosiers]

I'd be shocked an unhappy if we did not sign him, but getting upset or causing negative sentiment before something might happen is not appropriate. People went ballistic with the Wieters situation a few years ago.

The number of top draft talents that turn down $5+M are very, very few - if any. My uneducated guess is that this goes down for between $5.75M and $6.5M.

[ShaneDawg85]

I think he will get signed, but I probably won't like some aspect of the deal. When I say that I mostly mean the process has become so ridiculous and dragged on so long that it's unbearable.

[bej6789]

With all due respect to pretty much everyone on ESPN, Fox, SI... etc...

I'll believe that Machado isn't signing when its this time tomorrow morning and the Orioles report he didn't come to an agreement. Believing Buster Olney at this point would be like taking financial advice from Bernie Madoff -- where do you think he's getting his info????? :scratchchinhmm: