Scott Boras

Scott Boras is an agent for professional baseball players. He has represented many of the highest-paid players in baseball.

Controversy

A common controversy with Boras is that he often secures contracts for his clients that appear to be far above their market value. Understandably, this draws the ire of fans of small-market teams, because small-market teams often avoid trying to sign Boras clients due to their needs to keep their budgets low. In addition, many teams avoid drafting Boras clients because Boras tries to have his clients sign multimillion-dollar contracts before they even start playing in the minor leagues. For example, the New York Mets, despite not being a small-market team, refused to draft Rick Ankiel with the sixth pick in the 1997 draft; Ankiel was instead picked by the Cardinals with the 72nd choice. This is also the case with established major leaguers. Boras negotiated a seven-year, $87.5 million deal for New York Yankees center fielder Bernie Williams which he admitted was too expensive: "He was a 20-home-run center fielder, and we wanted 40-home-run money." http://www.usnews.com/usnews/biztech/articles/040510/10eeagent_3.htm

Related Topics:
New York Mets - Rick Ankiel - 1997 - New York Yankees - Center fielder - Bernie Williams

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