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Originally Posted by YOUR Hero
That's why Boras is a failure. The economy was tanked and he was still getting his players to manuever for big paydays, which equaled taking a risk. This was the wrong time to take risks for anyone other than top top TOP players.
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Boras is a failure? I dunno about all that, I see Varitek still getting a pretty hefty contract and still getting to play for the organization he really wants to play for...all while coming off a year where he hit like .230
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Originally Posted by Dragon
Isn't arbitration supposed to keep the salaries somewhat manageable? If he gets the 18M thats crazy. This is his second year of arbitration right? That means next year he could be asking for more than 20M in arbitration, especially since it seems salaries don't go down, only up.
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18M isn't that ridiculous if the Phillie's put their offer at 14M - The whole process of arbitration in MLB though is crazy if you really look into it.