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There is only one reason Wieters should be sent down


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Scott Boras will be doing what his client wants him to do. Scott boras was aloso going to get manny a 4 year 100 million dollar contract, wasn't he?

Boras gets what he wants more often than not. Citing one example of something that didn't happen isn't enough evidence to say other wise.

We aren't competing this year, so wasting a year of service time now instead of saving it for 2015, when we are more likely to compete, is pointless.

You can say we can give him all the money in the world, but money is still a major factor.

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That's not true.

Scott Boras doesn't do extensions. It has nothing to do with our organization.

Scott Boras isn't the guy playing for our team.

He's the guy who is paid by the guy playing for our team to do what the guy playing for our team wants him to do.

If WIETERS wants an extension, Boras can do nothing except negotiate what Wieters wants.

That is something that far too many people ignore in all of this discussion.

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And that is if they really think he is not ready.

It makes no since to hold him back because of service time. If has is 3/4 as good as everyone thinks he is, we will try to sign him to a long tern lucrative contract before the year is over. His service time concern will never be a factor.

You know, I was just thinking that what we really needed was a thread on this topic, since we've never discussed it before.

Maybe you can start a thread on whether we should have drafted Justin Smoak instead of Brian Matusz. That would be interesting to discuss.

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Scott Boras isn't the guy playing for our team.

He's the guy who is paid by the guy playing for our team to do what the guy playing for our team wants him to do.

If WIETERS wants an extension, Boras can do nothing except negotiate what Wieters wants.

That is something that far too many people ignore in all of this discussion.

Which of Boras's star clients have signed pre-FA extensions?

Not trying to be a ball buster, I just honestly can't think of one off the top of my head.

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You have this backwards, Scott Boras' clients do what Scott Boras wants them to do.

They will all follow him blindly now, just like Manny did. He now has a major chink in his armor. The Guy is a business man If his client is offered the right contract he will advise him to take it.

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And that is if they really think he is not ready.

It makes no since to hold him back because of service time. If has is 3/4 as good as everyone thinks he is, we will try to sign him to a long tern lucrative contract before the year is over. His service time concern will never be a factor.

Because it is the right thng to do. IMO. Besides he will be up in Baltimore by mid to late April or May.

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And that is if they really think he is not ready.

It makes no since to hold him back because of service time. If has is 3/4 as good as everyone thinks he is, we will try to sign him to a long tern lucrative contract before the year is over. His service time concern will never be a factor.

Except that he'll refuse...

Why would Wieters sign a deal 3/4 years into his contract when he hired Scott Boras as an agent?

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You know, I was just thinking that what we really needed was a thread on this topic, since we've never discussed it before.

Maybe you can start a thread on whether we should have drafted Justin Smoak instead of Brian Matusz. That would be interesting to discuss.

Sorry I have never read a thread dedicated to this.

Damn I am the first person ever to bring up a subject twice. Just don't respond and the thread will fall off.

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Because it is the right thng to do. IMO. Besides he will be up in Baltimore by mid to late April or May.

It has also been thought that if the only reason we send him down s beacuse of service time Boras will make us pay for that move.

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Name all of his "star" clients.

Here is a list of his Major League clients

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2008/10/scott-boras-cli.html

Tony Abreu

Garret Anderson

Rick Ankiel

Jeff Baker

Josh Barfield

Carlos Beltran

Adrian Beltre

Chris Bootcheck

Willie Bloomquist

Alex Cora

Joe Crede

Johnny Damon

Chris Davis

J.D. Drew

Stephen Drew

Jacoby Ellsbury

Prince Fielder

Eric Gagne

Carlos Gomez

Carlos Gonzalez

Craig Hansen

Luke Hochevar

Matt Holliday

Edwin Jackson

Andruw Jones

Jair Jurrjens

Ian Kennedy

Byung-Hyun Kim

Gerald Laird

Jeff Larish

Kyle Lohse

Felipe Lopez

Rodrigo Lopez

Derek Lowe

Ryan Madson

Daisuke Matsuzaka

Kevin Millwood

Zach Miner

Xavier Nady

David Newhan

Magglio Ordonez

Micah Owings

Mike Pelfrey

Carlos Pena

Oliver Perez

Guillermo Quiroz

Manny Ramirez

Anthony Reyes

Alex Rodriguez

Ivan Rodriguez

Max Scherzer

Scott Schoeneweis

Bobby Seay

Ryan Spilborghs

Julian Tavarez

Willy Taveras

Taylor Teagarden

Mark Teixeira

Jason Varitek

Ron Villone

Jarrod Washburn

Jeff Weaver

Jered Weaver

Brad Wilkerson

Barry Zito

I would say the bolded names would qualify as "stars", with Gomez, Ellsbury and others being on the edge.

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