MLB Rumors: Are teams making a statement by not signing Scott Boras' clients?
Top players remain unsigned and there is no movement with teams and players such as Cody Bellinger, Matt Chapman , Blake Snell and Jordan Montgomery. With MLB spring training starting yesterday, the window is closing for these players to get to camp.
For many years, super agent Scott Boras has held teams hostage in negotiations with his baseball superstar clients. He has driven the annual average value of contracts through the roof and has caused many general managers and scouts to have sleepless nights.
This season, the tide might be turning. One might say that, today, the owners have the upper hand.
With Boras superstar clients Cody Bellinger, Matt Chapman, Blake Snell and Jordan Montgomery all without contracts, mainly due to Boras' high demands, teams are looking within their own farm systems or to cheaper alternatives instead. Other teams are simply opting to do without their services.
It appears as though the Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants and the New York Yankees might just learn how to thrive and survive without the above-named superstars and go with what they have in their own organizations.
Boras, who has a client list that also includes New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso, Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Bryce Harper, Washington Nationals outfielder Joey Gallo and about 60 other notable Major League baseball players, is getting a dose of his own medication, and it does not taste too sweet.
Here are the latest updates on the Boras Four, as things stand on Wednesday morning.