Last week, Philip Johnson of Business Insider wrote an article titled, The 50 Most Influential People Behind The Scenes In Sports. The list includes presidents, owners, managers, coaches, doctors, reporters, and of course, agents. The sports agents listed were Rich Paul, Drew Rosenhaus and baseball agent Scott Boras, who was the highest ranked agent at No. 18 […]
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Outfielder Michael Bourn, right-hand pitcher Kyle Lohse and closer Rafael Soriano all have something in common – each is currently stuck on the free agent market. Another commonality between the trio is that they are represented by Scott Boras of Boras Corp. And in a recent New York Daily News article, Bill Madden wonders whether Boras has “overplayed his hand” […]
When Scott Boras speaks, the baseball industry listens. And not too long ago, Boras spoke to Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports. Of note, “The good news for [team executives] is that every team is going to have another $25 million in revenue through the national TV packages,” Boras said, in reference to the contracts […]
The Washington Nationals are contenders to win the 2012 World Series. Take a second to think long and hard about that statement. Since the Montreal Expos became the Washington Nationals in 2005, the team has never finished better than 3rd place in the National League East (in 2011). From 2005-2010, only one time did the […]
University of Michigan baseball assistant coach Matt White has announced that he is leaving the Michigan baseball program to join up with super agency Boras Corp. led by agent Scott Boras. White was only at Michigan for a little over a year. While in Ann Arbor, White assisted the Wolverines as the team’s pitching coach. Prior to joining […]
Earlier this week, Bloomberg aired a fantastic profile of baseball super-agent Scott Boras. Bloomberg highlighted everything from Boras’ early days growing up on a farm and listening to baseball on the radio up to negotiating some of the biggest contracts in the MLB. Great stories include Boras’ own negotiation with the St. Louis Cardinals when […]
Last week, Jayson Stark of ESPN.com wrote the following: Scott Boras’ latest attempt to free-agent-nap another marquee player — in this case, as first reported by Fox’s Ken Rosenthal, Mets dynamo Jose Reyes — was nothing new, other agents say. Now, technically, there is nothing illegal about it, as long as Boras reports all contact with […]
Sports agents talk to already represented players all the time, but rarely do such communications get covered by the media. When Scott Boras is involved; however, the media takes note. Recently, Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports reported that New York Mets shortstop Jose Reyes is being courted by Boras. Brian Costa of the Wall Street […]
The Pittsburgh Pirates will not only have their hands full negotiating with Scott Boras to sign #1 overall pick Gerrit Cole, the club will also aim to come to terms with Texas high school outfielder Josh Bell, who was selected by the Pirates with the #61 overall pick of the 2011 MLB Draft. Bell could […]
The 2011 MLB First-Year Player Draft officially began last night. One round and Comp Round A is in the books; rounds two through fifty still remain (along with Comp Round B). Many top picks are advised by Scott Boras, including #1 overall pick Gerritt Cole, Anthony Rendon, Bubba Starling, Alex Meyer, Brian Goodwin, and Josh […]