Bellhorn04
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Fair point, although by today's standards if you get a DH who can put up 4 WAR each year he's earning his 25 mill. It certainly highlights what a fantastic bargain Mr. Ortiz was.
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If we go status quo and narrowly miss the playoffs that would be really bad, especially where it puts us one big fat year closer to the bad thing.
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I'll bet you're not glad we didn't sign him to an extension of say 6/120 though.
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I think there are a couple of reasons Boras is somewhat of a 'target'. One is that he's a figure of power in the baseball economy. Another is that he has celebrity - some of which he has deliberately sought out, with his arguably grandstanding public statements.
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IMHO we shouldn't make sweeping generalizations about players, agents, executives, whoever. They're all individuals. Some are slimeballs and some are fine people.
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Wow, that is wicked cold.
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Deep freeze is right. Right now it's 7 degrees Fahrenheit outside here with a wind chill of -11.
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Yes, that'd be great. But since it's impossible, the next best thing is our own wild, often unfounded and unrealistic speculation.
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I'm optimistic too, in fact I'll be pretty shocked if something major doesn't happen.
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I'm having a little back and forth with Kimmi about the wisdom of signing 30 year old pitchers to 6 or 7 year deals. As for JDM, yes, hopefully we'll sign him for 5 years. Obviously he and Boras are in the waiting game now and hoping someone cracks and goes to 6 years. If we come out of this offseason without some sort of major acquisition, whether it be a hitter or a pitcher, it'll be disappointing.
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Well, if Theo thought it was OK to sign Lester for 6 years it can't be the worst idea in the world *sometimes* to risk it...
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Even in hindsight you wouldn't sign Scherzer? The actual cost of his contract in present dollars was around $195 million, I think. FanGraphs says he's already earned $144 million of that.
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Not even Scherzer?
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What? I'm shocked.
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It might change soon, but so far it's been the all-time snoozefest.
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The thing is, what happened to Bard-'Steve Blass syndrome' has only happened to a handful of pitchers in history. This was an extremely rare case.
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The population of players is much larger.
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To me he stands for greed, getting every last dollar, and escalating baseball salaries as high into the stratosphere as possible. It's just my personal feelings, nothing more. And I fully realize that the owners are men of greed as well.
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In Canada we have capitalism and socialism, the whole package LOL
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Yeah, this about sums it up. I resent Boras and what he stands for and I probably look for things to knock him for, I have to admit. Over the years there were a few times I thought he was headed for a fall. But he's still standing and still doing much better than anyone else in his field. He's a shrewd individual, I would never contest that point.
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I really can't believe DD would trade Bogaerts and Groome for Machado. It's not a question of whether that's a fair return for the O's or not. It would just be an awful move for us IMO.
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Well, OK, if the writer was Boras's father he probably wouldn't be accusing him of being unethical due to conflict-of-interest. How much do you hate Boras? A lot, it sounds like.
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Did you read the whole thing?
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Posters aren't just pulling stuff about Boras out of the air. Here's a good column on him from 2009: https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=21&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiakN3Alb_YAhVF7YMKHUhLB5QQ1ScIjwEwFA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fangraphs.com%2Ftht%2Fthe-truth-about-scott-boras%2F&usg=AOvVaw38mR0UNmvg2O2S3HOlMqvP
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As far as what pro athletes and entertainers make, it is what it is. But I do have a feeling that for MLB at least, a correction has to be coming at some point. Maybe MLB itself is headed for a...you know, one of those things it's not a good idea to fall off.
