Teams Avoiding Boras

With Mark Teixeira being the only exception, most baseball teams (including the Yankees) have been avoiding Scott Boras clients. In fact, Teixeira is really the only Scott Boras client to sign this winter. CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett had different agents, and both Manny Ramirez and Derek Lowe (Boras' top free agents left) haven't signed. The most likely reason behind this is the economy. Boras always advertises his clients to be worth more than they are. However, now teams don't have the financial stability to go that high. Derek Lowe is a great example of that. Lowe is probably worth somewhere between $13mm-$15mm a year (Mets offer is 3-years, $36mm). However, Boras has been trying to get him between $16mm-$19mm a year, its just not happening. Boras needs to lower his demands, because he needs to realize that teams just aren't going to pay that much.

He's getting lucky with Manny Ramirez as now that the Giants are in it too, he can produce a bidding war between them and the Dodgers. The cool thing about that, is that which ever one gets him, pretty much gets the division.