Scott Boras is an amazing agent

[Brock Beauchamp]

Ken Rosenthal just tweeted this.

 I know fans LOVE to hate Boras and, to an extent, I get it... but he's doing his job. His role is to be the best advocate he can for his clients and he does an exceptional job of it.

Nearly $1.2b this offseason. Wowza.

[RJA]

It frustrates me when he exercises so much influence with the players association, but boy oh boy, he may be the best agent in any sport in history.  He is bright, funny, and knows how to play all the angles.  I agree with you, he does an exceptional job.  

[wsnydes]

Wow.  That's frustrating, but also impressive at the same time.  That is indeed his job, and he does it extremely well.

[NotAboutWinning]

He has almost single-handedly changed the way baseball is managed financially. It is now SOP that contracts will entail significant dead money in the final years. What does baseball look like 10 years from now when big $$$$ teams carry more in dead money than small $ teams have in total payroll?

[Jerr]

Good job yes, but still hate what the results are, with these huge contracts.

[Craig Arko]

Pretty clear who the smartest guy in the room actually is.

[Nine of twelve]

Just now, Craig Arko said:

Pretty clear who the smartest guy in the room actually is.

Reusse wrote essentially the same thing about Boras after the Twins and Correa agreed on terms last spring. I've always looked at him with disdain from a Twins fan's point of view, because he almost never has clients who come here from elsewhere on their own terms or clients who stay here when they have the opportunity to leave. But he has a long history of doing very well for his clients (hence for himself as well) so the obvious conclusion is that he is very talented.

[SanoMustGo]

Just like the national debt(our Government is just a big ponzi scheme) the high costs of having a competitive team may have a breaking point as well.   Isn't attendance down in recent years?   I refuse to go to a game, and almost never watch games on TV any longer.  Lot's of other things to do/see.  And, in a world full of greed, baseball represents that mindset to a T.  I stopped watching the NFL and NBA a decade ago, and now baseball is right there with them.

[Nine of twelve]

1 hour ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Nearly $1.2b this offseason. Wowza.

And that's only for the 5 free agents Rosenthal cited. Now add the dozens of other clients he represents, and that makes for a loooooooooot of commission.

[gunnarthor]

Yep, I like Boras. Labor over management! 

[WhenWillWeBeatNY]

Boras usually has a 5% commission for his players. That means he’s taking home at least $58 million for this offseason. That’s more than any of his clients will get.

[Azviking101]

He cost Conforto 120m a couple years ago. Good agent sure, but maybe not doing the best to look out for his clients. Conforto made nothing last year and will likely sign a prove it deal this year. 
 

could he get more next FA? Sure, but it doesn’t look good for him right now 

[Hawkeye Bean Counter]

2 hours ago, NotAboutWinning said:

He has almost single-handedly changed the way baseball is managed financially. It is now SOP that contracts will entail significant dead money in the final years. What does baseball look like 10 years from now when big $$$$ teams carry more in dead money than small $ teams have in total payroll?

This will completely switch like it did in the 2000's into the 2010's.  The Padres have an estimated Payroll into 2027 of 200 mil already on the books, and they have Juan Soto they will have to deal with in 2 years.  They will have 240-250, with essentially no pitching staff signed longterm besides Musgrove.  They also may have to give more money to Machado who has an opt out in 2024.  What the Mets and Padres is doing is not sustainable.  

What will occur is new rules, possibly a harder cap,  with possibly create a floor.  The Padres did make a large offer to Judge and was told MLB would not let that contract go through.  However the Bogaerts deal was then allowed.  I think MLB knows its got a problem on its hands.  However,  Boras is doing a hell of a job of finding the available dollars for his clients.  

[mnfireman]

6 hours ago, IA Bean Counter said:

The Padres did make a large offer to Judge and was told MLB would not let that contract go through.  However the Bogaerts deal was then allowed.  I think MLB knows its got a problem on its hands.  However,  Boras is doing a hell of a job of finding the available dollars for his clients.  

The Judge offer was supposedly 14/$400, to keep the AAV (luxury tax) down. I understand that Correa is two and half years younger than Judge, but this is what SF did, 13/$350, and MLB allowed it. Sounds like MLB wants their stars in the bigger markets, sorry SD, but NY is a bigger market and Judge is the face of the franchise. 

[farmerguychris]

He' s doing very well for himself and his clients.  Too bad its to the detriment of sports as we know them and will only lead to less and less parity in baseball.

[tony&rodney]

Boras does his job well because he is intelligent, always well-prepared, and unafraid of hard work and long hours. That works in most any line of work and we should applaud his excellence. Oh, he is also a huge baseball fan. 

[SanoMustGo]

Boras is great if you have a $200mm+ payroll.  Otherwise, he is bad for the game, as are alot of other people(including players, owners, etc...)

[Richie the Rally Goat]

4 hours ago, wsnydes said:

Wow.  That's frustrating, but also impressive at the same time.  That is indeed his job, and he does it extremely well.

Color me impressed too

[Rigby]

And he may have just pulled off the most amazing coup in his career......

[Rosterman]

The money he makes from Greed is amazing!

[nicksaviking]

Ugh, I appreciate Boras’ immense skills, but could he stop using it against the Twins?

[whosafraidofluigirussolo]

8 hours ago, Nine of twelve said:

And that's only for the 5 free agents Rosenthal cited. Now add the dozens of other clients he represents, and that makes for a loooooooooot of commission.

If you mean the figures cited in that tweet, I think the $1.172B figure is accounting for all Boras' clients. There are four contracts that Rosenthal cited specifically, totaling under $1B.

(To be clear: the $932M total of those four contracts is still lots and lots and loooootttts of money.)

[tarheeltwinsfan]

Good article praising Boras. However I contend the most brilliant agent is now Joey Gallo's agent. 11 Million Dollars? You have got to be kidding me ! I am more disappointed with Falvine signing  Gallo than I am about Falvine not signing Correa.

[tarheeltwinsfan]

20 minutes ago, tarheeltwinsfan said:

Good article praising Boras. However I contend the most brilliant agent is now Joey Gallo's agent. 11 Million Dollars? You have got to be kidding me ! I am more disappointed with Falvine signing  Gallo than I am about Falvine not signing Correa.

Oh my gosh. Gallo's agent is none other than Scott Boras. I'm not worthy Mr. Boras. I  now know the answer to the question which I wanted to ask Derek Falvey and Thad Levine, which is: "Who's your daddy?"  It is Scott Boras.

[Boswell]

I was amused by the note that he was having dinner with the Red Sox front office while he was closing on Rodon’s deal with the Yankees.  
 

“Excuse me, I have to attend to a text message…”