Scott Boras and the O’s

[Frobby]

Read this about Boras today in a week-old article on Jackson Holliday in The Athletic:

“Boras has had a limited roster of Orioles in the last few years, but it’s growing. He now represents O’s prospects Holliday, D.L. Hall, Gunnar Henderson, Jordan Westburg and Yusniel Diaz, among others.”

So, get used to seeing Boras around.

 

[spleen1015]

Didn't know this until now and it makes me sad.

When it comes time to pay, the O's won't pay Boras prices.

[interloper]

greaaaaat

[Sports Guy]

Non story Imo.

[AnythingO's]

Anyone know how Boras feels about deals to buy out Arb years plus a year or two?

 

[UMDTerrapins]

He's almost 70 years old and is worth almost half a billion dollars. Have to wonder if he'll be on the other side of the table once these guys are negotiating extensions. 

[Can_of_corn]

Fancy that as the talent level improves so does the percentage of Boras clients.

[geschinger]

2 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Non story Imo.

Not completely a non story.  It sets expectations accordingly that those guys are not going to be possibilities for buying out FA years with long term extensions.  There won't be any Wander Franco / Ronald Acuna type possibilites with any of them.

[RZNJ]

10 minutes ago, spleen1015 said:

Didn't know this until now and it makes me sad.

When it comes time to pay, the O's won't pay Boras prices.

They not pay any agents prices.   Extend or trade after year 4.  

[Sports Guy]

5 minutes ago, geschinger said:

Not completely a non story.  It sets expectations accordingly that those guys are not going to be possibilities for buying out FA years with long term extensions.  There won't be any Wander Franco / Ronald Acuna type possibilites with any of them.

1) This is wrong.

2) For the most part, this likely doesn’t matter anyway.

[Sports Guy]

11 minutes ago, AnythingO's said:

Anyone know how Boras feels about deals to buy out Arb years plus a year or two?

 

They have happened.  It’s not a lot of them but they have happened.  He works for his clients, not the other way around.

[geschinger]

1 minute ago, Sports Guy said:

1) This is wrong.

2) For the most part, this likely doesn’t matter anyway.

Is it?  When I see quote like this from him:

Quote

Great young players are getting what I call 'snuff contracts, and a snuff contract is that they're trying to snuff out the market. They know the player is a great player, and he's exhibited very little performance. So they're coming to him at 20 and 21, and I'm going to snuff out your ability to move, to go anywhere, to do anything, and your value. And I'm going to pay you maybe 40 cents on the dollar to do it. What's my risk?

It doesn't give me any confidence any of his clients will be signing an extension like that.  But that quote was from 2019.  Maybe he's changed his tune?  Which of his many clients has signed an extension buying out FA years?

[LookinUp]

Which of our good young players will be resigned in an Angelos-owned team?

I think it's mostly a moot point. Who knows what new ownership will do with Boras or whomever his successor is?

[Sports Guy]

4 minutes ago, geschinger said:

Is it?  When I see quote like this from him:

It doesn't give me any confidence any of his clients will be signing an extension like that.  But that quote was from 2019.  Maybe he's changed his tune?  Which of his many clients has signed an extension buying out FA years?

https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/alex-kirilloff-and-the-truth-about-scott-boras-and-contract-extensions-r10429/

[Frobby]

16 minutes ago, geschinger said:

Not completely a non story.  It sets expectations accordingly that those guys are not going to be possibilities for buying out FA years with long term extensions.  There won't be any Wander Franco / Ronald Acuna type possibilites with any of them.

Boras does extensions occasionally.  Strasburg did one a year before he would have been a free agent.  There have been others.