Scott Boras

MLB Winter Meeting Coverage Yesterday we went over how the free agency compensation process works , who the free agents were, who the Type "A" and Type ‘B" free agents were, what those designation mean and the Elias Sports Bureau's roll in designating them that way. I've gotten some decent feedback from you so I'm glad that you all got something out of that. I wasn't sure if I was just going to confuse people more than they already were. One thing that three different people asked was "who are the Scott Boras Clients?" I'm guessing that if that's was on the minds of ... Read Full Story

Catcher Jason Varitek exercised his $3 million option to stay with the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday, choosing to remain with the team as a backup to Victor Martinez rather than become a free agent. Boston declined to exercise its $5 million club option on Monday, and Varitek then had two days to decide whether to exercise his player option at the lower price. The 37-year-old Varitek was Boston's starting catcher for nine of 10 seasons through 2008, except in 2001 when he was limited to 51 games because of injury. He was the regular last season until Boston obtained Martinez from the Cleveland ... Read Full Story

Manny Ramirez, Barry Bonds, Kevin Brown, Eric Gagne, Scott Schoeneweis, Rick Ankiel, Ron Villone, Ivan Rodriguez, Gary Sheffield and Alex Rodriguez. All of those players were either caught doing steroids or were in the Mitchell Report. They’re also clients or were clients of Scott Boras, super agent. Some other clients of Boras’ are or were Kevin Millwood, Barry Zito, J.D. Drew, Carlos Beltran, Jacoby Ellsbury, Matt Holiday, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Magglio Ordóñez, Mark Teixeira and Johnny Damon just to name some. There are many more on his list you can find here . You have to look at these guys with suspicion of steroid use ... Read Full Story

While Mets fans argue about the value of Alex Cora, Jeff Francoeur’s OPS, and how Mike Cameron is a solid secondary option Omar Minaya at least is starting the process of gauging Matt Holliday’s market value. According to Joel Sherman Minaya is meeting with Scott Boras tonight. Many anticipate the Holliday negotiations to drag until Christmas; much like Mark Teixeira last year and have already indicated they have a backup plan if Holliday flees. I believe the Mets best chance of landing the slugger is to set the market with an aggressive, yet not overpriced, offer. Personally the max I would go is 7 ... Read Full Story

From this morning's Los Angeles Times, Scott Boras unveils his grand plan to improve the World Series. Let me guess, Boras also wants to raise the drinking age to 35 and have 6 work days in the week instead of 5. Agent Scott Boras was interviewed for the June edition of Playboy and was asked how he would change the World Series. Boras replied: "I'd modernize it, make it five out of nine games, with the first two in a neutral city. Announce the MVP and Cy Young awards at a gala held between the playoffs and a new World Series weekend. Move the ... Read Full Story