Archive for August, 2009
Monday Quick Hits: Draft Deadline, Boras, Dodgers
We hope you had a wonderful weekend, lets get to some links for Monday … Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports touches on a few interesting topics in his latest “10 Degrees” column. Leading Passan’s column is Scott Boras and draft talk with the deadline to sign draft picks at [...]
Full StoryCatching Up
While I was away, there were a few items that I missed. I lightening round format, here are my reactions to some of the events of the last two weeks. Jordan Zimmermann. Damn. A lot of pitchers bounce back well, but a lot never do. Bottom line, he’s back to being a [...]
Full StoryWhat Was Boras’ Commission For First Round Signings?
We’re still digging to get all of the figures this early Tuesday morning after the 2009 First-Year Player Draft deadline, but while we’re digging through the numbers, here’s something to chew on in-between.
Scott Boras represented six players in the 1st Round alone (Stephen Strasburg, Dustin …
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Scott Boras On Strasburg, Tate
Scott Boras has been a busy man. The uber-agent represented the top three picks in the draft, got them all signed, and all with record numbers. In the top clip, Boras joins 619 Sports to discuss the process of getting Stephen Strasburg signed:
In this clip, Boras talks about dealing with …
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Rizzo gets the permanent GM job
Mike Rizzo, who has served as Washington’s acting GM since March, will be given the full-time job tomorrow, a club source has confirmed.
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Damon Wants To Stay In New York
The Yankees would like Johnny Damon to return next year and, according to Tyler Kepner of the New York Times , the 35-year-old outfielder hopes to re-sign once he becomes a free agent after the season. “I don’t know where else I would want to go,” Damon said. “Obviously that’s not the right …
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Twitter / Bob Nightengale: They originally were seeki …
Loader Twitter.com Login Join Twitter! They originally were seeking a deal in the low 20s, never $50 million as reported, Boras said on Strasburg negotiations. about 3 hours ago from web BNightengale Bob Nightengale Footer 2009 Twitter About Us Contact Blog Status Goodies API Business …
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How does Strasburg signing with the Nats affect the Phillies & Mets?
Stephen Strasburg unexpectedly signed with the Nationals last night for $15.1 million for four years right before the deadline. This is fantastic for the Nats because they called Boras’ $50 million bluff and signed Strasburg for a much more manageable number. The pitcher still got a …
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Ryan Zimmerman: Strasburg’s Leverage Will Never be Higher
Last week we had a similar story where Vernon Davis was telling Michael Crabtree to take what he can get from the 49ers and get his butt into camp. I backed Crabtree in that case because football’s different from baseball — players generally are better when they’re younger …
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Crow?
Well Strasburg got his. Just imagine if the Nats had met Crow’s asking price last year. They would have a future good looking rotation. I imagine there will be a plethora of “the draft is broke’ articles in light of Strasburg’s record setting bonus but I think its fine as is. Love or hate Boras …
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