MLB 2008-2009 Offseason Thread

**Jesus Shuttlesworth** · 01-25-2009, 12:21 AM

Manny might not have even had a deal this year with Boston though - there was two club options left @ 20 million a year. I suspect the Red Sox would have picked up one of those option years, so if Manny gets anything longer than 1 year (which I would assume he will) than I'd say its better than the deal he had in Boston.

As I said the A-Rod thing did look bad but you can never know for sure who was more at fault there because what is Boras going to do? Throw his client under the bus when he comes out and says things? Also Boras still negotiated the contract after A-Rod's private meeting with the Yankees front office - he is still A-Rod's agent, thus will still be getting 5% of potentially 315 million dollars (if A-Rod hits all of the incentives)

If Tex was a no brainier there's gotta be a reason he choose to go with Boras? I don't really know what that argument is, that's like saying me or you could get Tex the same contract which I don't think is the case.

Even ignoring the Texeria deal, if you look at his track record with all his other clients I really don't see how you could ever consider the guy a failure. His biggest issue right now is with guys coming out of the draft however he has been able to secure great deals for rookies, like getting a major league deal for Craig Hansen right off the bat, but a few times that has backfired. Other than that though he really hasn't done much wrong for his clients. I'm not a Boras fan or anything and I can understand not liking him due to some of his techniques but saying he is a failure is ridiculous in my opinion and I really don't see how you could even think that.

01-25-2009, 12:21 AM	#11
Jesus Shuttlesworth Posts: 42,765	Manny might not have even had a deal this year with Boston though - there was two club options left @ 20 million a year. I suspect the Red Sox would have picked up one of those option years, so if Manny gets anything longer than 1 year (which I would assume he will) than I'd say its better than the deal he had in Boston. As I said the A-Rod thing did look bad but you can never know for sure who was more at fault there because what is Boras going to do? Throw his client under the bus when he comes out and says things? Also Boras still negotiated the contract after A-Rod's private meeting with the Yankees front office - he is still A-Rod's agent, thus will still be getting 5% of potentially 315 million dollars (if A-Rod hits all of the incentives) If Tex was a no brainier there's gotta be a reason he choose to go with Boras? I don't really know what that argument is, that's like saying me or you could get Tex the same contract which I don't think is the case. Even ignoring the Texeria deal, if you look at his track record with all his other clients I really don't see how you could ever consider the guy a failure. His biggest issue right now is with guys coming out of the draft however he has been able to secure great deals for rookies, like getting a major league deal for Craig Hansen right off the bat, but a few times that has backfired. Other than that though he really hasn't done much wrong for his clients. I'm not a Boras fan or anything and I can understand not liking him due to some of his techniques but saying he is a failure is ridiculous in my opinion and I really don't see how you could even think that.