Scott Boras Has Small Cojones
Aug 17th 2007eMLB & Minor League Baseball & Uncategorized
The MLB draft is usually Scott Boras’ time to shine. Not this year.
Going into Wednesday’s signing deadline, 5th overall pick Matt Wieters was Boras’ marquee unsigned client. Boras was seeking a major league contract worth at least $10-11 million. The Orioles were offering a signing bonus in the area of $5-6 million. When the midnight deadline finally approached Boras caved and Wieters signed for a $6 million bonus.
The worst part for Boras is that #1 overall pick David Price got an $11.25 million major league contract from the Devil Rays. There’s a chance that money (or a similar amount) would have gone to Wieters if Boras hadn’t scared off the first four teams in the draft with rumors of his $10 million contract demands. Once Wieters fell to 5th, it was harder for Boras to make the case that he deserved an eight figure contract.
I will give Boras credit for at least taking what the Orioles offered. There is no doubt that the best thing for Wieters is to start his MLB career right now, and Boras did the right thing by not brainwashing Wieters into thinking he was better off going back into the draft next year. If only Boras had done the same thing in 2001 with Matt Harrington.
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