Posts Tagged ‘Scott Boras’

Undervaluing the DH Role

Undervaluing the DH Role
No, this isn’t a rant trying to advocate Edgar Martinez for the Hall of Fame. The scuttlebutt around the New York Yankees since the end of the season has focused squarely on the futures of Hideki Matsui and Johnny Damon.  It’s interesting, almost comical really, to think that there is any...
December 3rd, 2009 | Featured | Read More

DH Question Looms in the Off-Season

DH Question Looms in the Off-Season
Tyler Kepner on the future of Hideki Matsui: Matsui will be a free agent after the World Series, and the Yankees are eager to open up designated hitter as a place to rest veterans like third baseman Alex Rodriguez, catcher Jorge Posada, Jeter and perhaps left fielder Johnny Damon, who is also a free...
November 3rd, 2009 | Featured | Read More

Boras, Strasburg, and the Draft

Boras, Strasburg, and the Draft
If you haven’t read the baseball news lately, you starting to see a name called Stephen Strasburg. Strasburg was the #1 pick by the Washington Nationals in this year’s draft. He is represented by Scott Boras. He is a pitching phenom that can throw over 100mph, with control.  Rumor has it that the...
August 16th, 2009 | The Bullpen | Read More

Dodgers Want to Give Manny an Option

Dodgers Want to Give Manny an Option
Spring is in the air and Manny has no uni.  Reports are, the Dodgers have a new offer: According to the source, the offer is for two years and $45 million, but it is structured differently than the Dodgers’ previous offer at those numbers. This deal would pay Ramirez $25 million in the first year,...
February 26th, 2009 | Columns | Read More

Manny Situation Getting Ridiculous

Manny Situation Getting Ridiculous
It’s February.  The Super Bowl is over.  Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow.  And Manny Ramirez is still without a contract. Last night, the Dodgers apparently offered Mr. Manny a one year $25 million contract.  A few hours later, Manny and his agent, Scott “For the Love of the Game”...
February 3rd, 2009 | Columns | Read More

Debating Manny to the Yankees

Speculation about Manny Ramirez possibly signing with the Yankees continues.  Today, Mark Feinsand adds this bit of news, in print no less: One baseball official told the Daily News that the Yankees’ interest in Ramirez is more than cursory, that they see the slugger as the perfect complement...
December 17th, 2008 | Columns | Read More

Maddux Calls it Quits

In an announcement that must have sent pangs of pain through his wallet, Scott Boras let it be known today that Greg Maddux is retiring. Maddux is the first of the Maddux-Smoltz-Glavine trio to officially call it quits.  Both Smoltz and Glavine’s futures are in doubt as they’re each coming...
December 5th, 2008 | Columns | Read More

Varitek is Worth the Gamble?

In a moment of desperatation to come up with some baseball news today, I stumbled upon this piece at the Boston Globe: The Red Sox offered arbitration to two of their free agents, catcher Jason Varitek and pitcher Paul Byrd, before last night’s midnight deadline to do so. Varitek and Byrd are the...
December 2nd, 2008 | Columns | Read More

Boras to the Rescue

Garret Anderson hired Scott Boras.  After originally deciding to represent himself, Anderson wised up and hired Boras.  Why? AVG OBP SLG OPS .296 .327 .469 .796 Those are Anderson’s career numbers.  Last year, when somehow the Angels paid him $12.6 million? AVG OBP SLG OPS .293 .325 .433 .758 Anderson...
November 24th, 2008 | Columns | Read More