it's almost as if boras doesn't really have his clients' best interests in mind...

"I wouldn't play for the Mets."

who really wants to anyway

yet_another_wumpus: Dead for Tax Reasons: it's almost as if boras doesn't really have his clients' best interests in mind...

Boras isn't making money if Werth isn't playing, but it is quite possible that he gets the deals he makes done quickly and doesn't bother dealing for the Werths.  Still, if you're coming off a contract you never lived up to, you at least made your money then.
/who would hire Boras for any reason other than maximum money?
//he will screw the team over, so don't expect to be winning
///but most of your life won't be in sports, so don't turn down the money
/[bonus slashie] the real question is why teams are willing to talk to him?

boras is in it for the money to some extent, but i think his ego is more important to feed.  he needs to be the toughest negotiator and always wring out that extra few dollars.  if the reputation goes away, he isn't the shark, he's just another agent

it's one thing when you've got harper going out there (even though he's trying to play himself out of the biggest deal), but that BS doesn't fly with an over the hill guy who burned the last team he was on.  but he seems unable to adapt based on who he's dealing with, and thinks no deal is better than taking a few bucks less early for some security instead of holding out and getting even less, which seems to be the trend lately.  then the guy has to hope for a great year after getting a 1-year deal just to get back to where he could've been if he signed in november

ElwoodCuse: Boras, of course, was largely credited as responsible for the slow free agent market following the 2017 season.

yeah this is 100% bullshiat. cheapass owners who snuck what is essentially a hard salary cap past an increasingly toothless union are responsible for the slow free agent market

but go ahead, blame greedy players and agents, not the owners in the 2nd-richest sports league in the world

teams seem to be getting burned on these kinds of contracts more often than not lately.  why pay $15M for an older 3 true outcome guy when you can bring up a kid and kick the tires on him for $500K

the indians' model of signing a guy long-term early has worked out well.  maybe the guy isn't worth it up front, and could go bust, but they've worked out well in the long run when you get the guy at a discount when he gets to the end of the contract

the player is giving some up at the end, but gets guaranteed money young, and knowing if they are good when it is up, they can go off elsewhere and rake in a big contract when he is still 29 or 30

lindor is about the only guy who didn't buy into it, but with the timeline of the team, he'd be around during rebuilding years at that point and just get traded away (which will probably happen anyway in 2021 before he hits free agency)