Jerry Reinsdorf wants to know if you think Manny Machado looks good in a White Sox uniform.
OK, maybe not the White Sox chairman himself, but a Twitter feed from one of his companies.
The Twitter account @WatchStadium on Thursday edited a photo of Machado in a Sox uniform, along with a mention of a tweet from USA Today's Bob Nightingale reporting the Sox officially have made an offer to the free-agent shortstop. The tweet then posed the question: "Manny looks pretty good in black and white, don't ya think?"
The Twitter account is for Stadium, a multiplatform national sports channel Reinsdorf runs out of the West Side. The outlet broke the news on Dec. 14 that the Sox had acquired Yonder Alonso from the Indians.
Perhaps it's a coincidence the account is so interested in Reinsdorf's baseball team. But in an interview with the Tribune's Phil Rosenthal last year, Reinsdorf said of Stadium: "I don't know how fast it will grow, but I really think we have a great group of partners and there's so much synergy here."
Putting Machado in a White Sox uniform is about as synergistic as it gets.
The White Sox declined to comment on negotiations with Machado.
The Sox brought him to Chicago last month for meetings, and they are one of three suitors to have publicly wooed Machado, who also has met with the Yankees and Phillies.
Most have speculated Machado would prefer the Yankees if the interest and financials are mutual, and he created a minor stir last week when he started following the Yankees-owned TV outlet, the Yes Network, on Instagram.
But he later unfollowed the account after the media made a commotion over the move.
The Yankees signed free agent shortstop Troy Tulowitzki this week, which theoretically could help the Sox's chances of landing Machado.
They also have pursued Bryce Harper, the other prominent free agent on the market, though Nightengale's tweet indicated the Sox were more focused on Machado right now.
