"The New York Mets are probably in the top five in baseball as a model of what can be done. The business and infrastructure is run very well by the Wilpons. The issue is transferring the success they enjoy in business and operating revenue issues and getting it to the field. I know they're working hard."
~ Scott Boras ~
~ Scott Boras ~
Wow, a glowing endorsement from "Super Agent" Scott Boras. What a sincere, noble, upstanding individual. It's nice in this day and age to have an agent who recognizes a team that has shown nothing but a winning attitude over the last four years.
Huh? The Wilpon's might be wonderful people, but to actually think their business plan is a "model" of what can be done? Their business plan has been to hire yes men and to micro-manage the day-to-day operations, thus creating a bad name in the industry.
Why would Boras make such statements? Pretty easy. He has Jason Werth as a free agent at season's end, which hopefully will be quick for the Phillies, and what better way to start 2011 than with a huge contract for one of his clients? Get NY involved, and Werth's price escalates.
Boras is also the agent for Carlos Beltran, and with Beltran entering his final year under contract with the Mets, might Boras be looking for an extension? Seems ridiculous, but not beyond Boras' thought process.
Then there is Oliver Perez, another Boras client, who is clearly on the outs in Flushing. Could he be buttering the Mets up for a lucrative buyout? Hell, knowing Boras, he will probably look to have an extension for Perez.
I question Boras' sincerity. Boras is out for two things: himself and his client(s).
It was believed that Boras' relationship with the Mets was strained after the Carlos Beltran affair, where Beltran had surgery to repair his cranky right knee. The Mets were upset because they weren't informed, or informed in a proper time frame. Boras now says:
Huh? The Wilpon's might be wonderful people, but to actually think their business plan is a "model" of what can be done? Their business plan has been to hire yes men and to micro-manage the day-to-day operations, thus creating a bad name in the industry.
Why would Boras make such statements? Pretty easy. He has Jason Werth as a free agent at season's end, which hopefully will be quick for the Phillies, and what better way to start 2011 than with a huge contract for one of his clients? Get NY involved, and Werth's price escalates.
Boras is also the agent for Carlos Beltran, and with Beltran entering his final year under contract with the Mets, might Boras be looking for an extension? Seems ridiculous, but not beyond Boras' thought process.
Then there is Oliver Perez, another Boras client, who is clearly on the outs in Flushing. Could he be buttering the Mets up for a lucrative buyout? Hell, knowing Boras, he will probably look to have an extension for Perez.
I question Boras' sincerity. Boras is out for two things: himself and his client(s).
It was believed that Boras' relationship with the Mets was strained after the Carlos Beltran affair, where Beltran had surgery to repair his cranky right knee. The Mets were upset because they weren't informed, or informed in a proper time frame. Boras now says:
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"The relationship we had with the Mets was and is good. New York is a great place to play. If I had a player who wanted to play there, I'd call any team they desire and the Mets are a valid option.''
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Of course they are. Get the Mets (or Yankees) involved, and his players asking price also goes up.
Is Boras doing this for Werth this off-season? Beltran? Perez? All of the above? In my humble opinion, I believe it is one of the three.
One word of caution to the Mets: Beware Of Boras In Sheep's Clothing
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