Scott Boras

From Andrew Marchand : After the slumber of their quiet offseason, the Yankees are strongly considering adding payroll in a deal to bring in a starting pitcher via free agency or a trade, a baseball official with knowledge of the team’s thinking told ESPN New York. The official said that with prices coming down as spring training approaches, the odds were “60-40” that the Yankees will become more aggressive and add to a roster that has been unchanged from last year’s club. A source...Read Full Story

Literally, seconds before the midnight deadline last night, the 17-year-old, 6"-3', 205 lbs power hitter Bryce Harper , signed with the Washington Nationals. The No. 1 overall draft pick signed a five-year deal worth $9.9 million. The much celebrated Harper, who was featured on Sports Illustrated's cover as "baseball's chosen one" and the "most exciting prodigy since LeBron," was the first non-senior to earn Baseball America's High School Player of the Year award and only the second junior...Read Full Story

Professional baseball’s preeminent player agent Scott Boras sat among a distinguished panel of sports, media and academia people at the University of Southern California last night. The panel discussion, arranged and hosted by the USC Annenberg Institute of Sports, Media and Society, featured the discourse “Sports and the Media: A Question of Ethics”. Moderating the discussion was Pat O’Brien, prominent CBS Sports broadcasting personality and former host of “Access Hollywood” and “The...Read Full Story

There is an interesting situation growing in the New York Mets bullpen and it involves the lightning rod of the New York relief pitching platoon, K-Rod. Bobby Parnell: Saves Down the Stretch The Mets remain 10 games behind the Phillies in National League East and 6 1/2 games behind the Wild Card leading Atlanta Braves.  While the New Yorkers have surged lately, with Jose Reyes moving to the DL, is it likely that they will be able to compete for a playoff berth? Hence, the situation with...Read Full Story

Has Scott Boras monopolized MLB? It seems like every time I flip on ESPN I am forced to hear about how another over-payed player is holding out on his contract offer. This is usually because the self-made super agent whose reputation of strangle-holding teams in an effort to acquire as much coin as possible always precedes him. The situation with Scott Boras’ most recent client, is no exception. Bryce Harper, one of the most hyped phenoms in recent memory and the first overall pick in the...Read Full Story