Why the Hot Stove is Cold
Two words sum it up: Scott Boras, whose photo is to the right. I m not trying to say anything bad about him, but . it s all his fault. See, Scott Boras has some of the best free agents in baseball in his stable and there are two major factors: Boras is asking the moon for some of his clients; and He has swindled many a GM in the past. It is
Two words sum it up: Scott Boras, whose photo is to the right. I’m not trying to say anything bad about him, but…. it’s all his fault. See, Scott Boras has some of the best free agents in baseball in his stable and there are two major factors:
- Boras is asking the moon for some of his clients; and
- He has swindled many a GM in the past.
It is rumored that he is asking north of $200 million for Jake Arrietta and JD Martinez – I believe that both will get closer to $100 million than $200 million. Scot Boras is a Master Salesman – he bring all the supporting documents, metrics and methodically puts on a sales pitch like a commissioned water treatment salesman at the kitchen sink with a seductive sales pitch!
You only have to look back and see how Boras boondoggled teams in the past. Case-in-point: Prince Fielder was a horrid runner and an ever worse fileder, but Boras convinced Mike Ilitch to pay $214 million for him, preying upon Ilitch’s desire to win a World Series before he died.
JD Martinez is also a horrid fielder, but Boras wants $200 million? Arrietta is clearly on the down-side of his career and Boras wants $200 million. IT AIN’T HAPPENING! He also controls Eric Hosmer. Those three free agents are the TOP ones and will set the market. It’s unlikely that any big names, including Yelich will move until that market is set. This also impacts the trade market as GM wait and see where the pieces fall.
Right now, Borasss is waiting to see who blinks first. I have read on other boards where fans are calling for Andrew Friedman’s head due to his failure to get Giancarlo Stanton or sign any other expensive Free Agents. These fans have their heads where the sun don’t shine, because when a teams signs a big name free agent to a big time contract, it almost always ends badly! It’s the path to losing… not winning!
- Carl Crawfish
- Prince Fielder
- Pablo Sandoval
- Josh Hamilton
- Barry Zito
- Albery Pujols
- David Price
- Zack Greinke
- Johnny Cueto
- Chris Davis
- … there’s more.
I don’t understand fans who want to make these big free agent signings. It almost always ends badly. It’s truly insanity to do the same thing over-and-over and expect different results. I am fine without Stanton, Arietta, Martinez and Darvish. I hear that the Astros are close to getting Gerrit Cole. OK, but I am fine with the team the Dodgers have. Christain Yelich makes so much more sense tha Giancarlo Stanton but the Marlins are trying to get a King’s Ranson for him. I’d love to see him in Blue… but first, someone has to blink!
Something to Consider
What if Walker Buehler is Lights Out in the Spring? He’s another year removed from TJ. I can see him pitching 150 innings. I can also see him making the team out of Spring Training. I’m not saying he will – I am saying he can! That’s a game-changer!
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Discussion (65)
Disagree, not disagreeable
I don’t think Boras has all of the top free-agents though. This is more of a market correction. Owners are no longer going to overpay for players on the wrong side of 30 years old. Some teams are trying to re-set themselves under the soft cap/luxury tax and some are saving money for the big free-agent class of next year. Throw all that together with teams purposely tanking and that adds up to more than Scott Boras’ role in this. Sure, he has guys like JD Martinez and I’m sure he’s trying to milk one more year on his contract, but there is a lot more going on this year that is causing a lot less movement so far.
Bore-ass has been a bane to the MLB since his, as I recall, first big splash with ARod. The man has single handedly made baseball the target of the ‘men playing kids sports for millions’ meme. Hard to believe there was a time in professional sports when playing ball was just a job. It did get to be a well paying one but up until the 80s, the salaries were rational. If you are one of the best at something, you should be paid well but not exorbitantly. Scott B took that idea and mutilated it to the tune of creating the age of 600 bucks a game for a family of 4. He truly is the Devil of the MLB.
Capitalism at work. Whatever the owners will bear. Boras gonna get his cut. At least the bargaining is fairly transparent. In these days of corruption at the highest levels as normal procedure, baseball seems almost refreshing in its business practices. Of course the owners are beside themselves having to pay such high amounts of money to people they consider little more than common cannon fodder. Riches are too valuable and precious to be trusted in the hands of the rich.