No Deal

[Belkast]

See, this is what I mean...why are we even listening to sources?

On the one hand, we get the emphatic "X is going to happen". Then we get, three posts later, "unless...."

Why would anyone give up at this point? It's gotten silly.

Your right! Put me on ignore!!!!!

[Lucky Jim]

If Boras is down to 8.75, that means he's come down further than we have gone up.

But you have no idea this is true. Perhaps we've gone up. How is it that we assume so much when we have no information?

[srh523]

If he walks I refuse to hold the Orioles responsible! They have $6 million on the table and I am sure they are willing to give a little more to make the deal. I wont hold the greed of a 21 year old and his a##hole agent against the O's. They are already way way way above slot money and the #1 pick got $8.5 million. Sorry I will be one of the posters that hopes this kid has a career ending injury in college next year if he doesnt sign for that kind of money!

[Rockbird]

2 million dollars is not much to come down on with 3+ hours left. I am keeping hope alive....barely.

[rolliefingers]

Because they're obsessed with the idea of slotting, while Boras thinks slotting is retarded.

Well, to be fair, the O's have already gone more than 2x slot money. At this point, MacP is just going by what he thinks Wieters is worth.

[MChance]

Trust me the warehouse isn't very optismistic if at all. I think pissed off is probably the only way to describe the feelings in the warehouse right now.

Pissed off at Boras? Or MacPhail?

[Peace21]

Well Thank you Joe Jordan for everything you have done for this club. Best Wishes.

[Greg Pappas]

IF this turns out accurate (as it usually does from Belkast), the apologists will be preparing to hit the spin cycle.

[Hank Scorpio]

Trust me the warehouse isn't very optismistic if at all. I think pissed off is probably the only way to describe the feelings in the warehouse right now.

Well, I'm not very optimistic either. I don't think I was optimistic at any point in time.

What about Arietta? Anything there?

[33rd&Ellerslie]

They just said the same thing in Kansas City about Boras client Mike Moustakas. Don't you think he is making his final posture? A little too convenient to be coincidence and too early to break off negotiations.

[Mackus]

Trust me the warehouse isn't very optismistic if at all. I think pissed off is probably the only way to describe the feelings in the warehouse right now.

If Boras is down to under $9M then the feeling in the Warehouse should be ecstatic. We should be the ones pissed off for having to root for a franchise with this group of mindless idiots running it who won't give an elite prospect a couple more million dollars. I guess they need all the extra money for that Jay Payton contract extension. I'm sure they'll go at least 3/$24M for Payton.

[markakis33333]

Weiters is going to sign, he isnt going to take a chance to re-enter the draft next year and be drafted lower and get less money.

[The Wedge]

If he walks I refuse to hold the Orioles responsible! They have $6 million on the table and I am sure they are willing to give a little more to make the deal. I wont hold the greed of a 21 year old and his a##hole agent against the O's. They are already way way way above slot money and the #1 pick got $8.5 million. Sorry I will be one of the posters that hopes this kid has a career ending injury in college next year if he doesnt sign for that kind of money!

Hear hear. Of course, I don't want him to have a career ending injury. I do, however, want him to have a horrible year, and drop so far down in the draft that he'd be lucky to sign at league minimum.

[coe76]

Pissed off at Boras or pissed off at McPhail? That could be the major question. Belkast, any idea which it is? Thanks for your info anyway, even if it was something we did not want to hear.

[LAOSfan]

If Boras is down to 8.75, that means he's come down further than we have gone up.

That does not mean anything. If we were settling a case, I could start with $1,000,000 and you may start with $100,000. If my next demand is $500,000 and your counter is only $200,000, but the case is actually worth $250,000, I have moved more than you, but does it really matter?