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There are teams in Major League Baseball that are open and active about their distrust of Scott Boras. The White Sox, for one, have a standing policy: no Boras clients. (This policy should be lifted just long enough this offseason to nab Andruw Jones for a two- or three-year deal, but I digress.) The point is, everyone assumes that Boras gets above value for his clients, thereby fleecing helpless GMs the league over and scaring everyone off.But how accurate is that assumption? Are Boras clients a value or not? ESPN's Rob Neyer examined the clients and breaks down the results, as is his custom. The answers are, perhaps predictably, mixed.
For example: Alex Rodriguez's deal? A little bloated, sure, but it's impossible to say A-Rod's performance has been disappointing, unless you're a believer in the fickle god of clutchness. Carlos Beltran's? Pretty positive, given Beltran's performance. Et al. The bad contracts are not so forgiving: Kevin Brown's 1998 deal with the Dodgers? Brutal. Barry Zito's move to San Fransisco? Even worse.
Which brings us back to a relatively self-evident point: Boras' clients are not all that different from other agents', in that some of them are good and some of them are bad. Teams afraid to deal with Boras need only the courage of their convictions, intelligent baseball management, and the ability to get up from the table when the time is right. These are qualities you would think any GM would possess, but when it comes to Boras, something else kicks in, something very weird and compelling. Or maybe he's just smarter than everyone else.
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