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Curious what posters think of Scott Boras. It seems that the “bloom is coming off the rose” as the saying goes, for him as a player agent. Last year Jordan Montgomery fired him for overplaying his hand in negotiations. This year it seems he has hurt Alex Bregman’s and Pete Alonso’s value.
Both guys really wanted to return to their original teams, but Boras values money over everything else including loyalty or the player’s interest.
I wonder if one or both guys might tell Boras to take a hike, and if future candidates stay away from him.
A relative of mine is the POBO of a major league team. At the winter meetings, Boras approached him about a very good free agent client player and said that the GM of the arch rival team in the division was close to signing him for a certain figure, but if my relative could beat that offer he could sign him. My relative passed on the opportunity and later in the day ran into the GM of the rival team. That GM said they had never talked to Boras about the player. The Presidents of Baseball Operations and GMs around the league have no respect for Boras.
Great insight, Cranny. I have read that Mets officials have said they want Alonso back, and he wants to be a Met, but the negotiations with Boras are a nightmare and the Mets are losing patience with trying to work a deal.
There is a principle in personal financial management that Warren Buffet has said, “never make financial decisions based on greed or fear.”
Applying that to Boras, it seems he has increasingly operated on greed the last few years, and it has to be wearing thin on prospective clients. I wonder if word will get around to players to stay away from him.
The Mets had no issue giving his front-line free agent of this cycle over 700 million dollars. Seems to me they aren’t interested in overpaying for Alonzo, who has seen a slow decline in his production metrics the last couple of years. That’s just being prudent. I’m no fan of Boras, but MLB needs to negotiate an off-season deadline on deals. There isn’t enough urgency to agree to deals and get business done prior to the start of spring training. That needs to change.
The entire landscape of MLB has changed and is continuing to change. The old ways aren’t working anymore. A handful of greedy Owners made Boras what he is today.
The landscape has changed. Boras does NOT have the influence on the game, clubs, or players that he may have once had or wants everyone to believe he still does
High end players are ignoring him in droves.
I think for years, Boras made millions for his clients and for himself. If I had been a player, he’d of been the guy I wanted.
But….
Things and times have changed. Players make sooo much money that money isn’t necessarily the deciding factor any longer. And that’s simply not how Boras likes to operate.
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