I_Like_Dirt wrote:Schad wrote:Think there might be more to it. Boras has overplayed his hand in a big way previously (with Kendrys Morales, notably), but in an offseason where the owners mysteriously decided en masse to demonstrate financial restraint, I can't help but wonder if it's coincidental that they exercised the most restraint with the clients of the biggest thorn in their sides.
And before anyone suggests that's a conspiracy theory, I'd remind them that the owners have had to pay damages for collusion four times.
Yeah, I've seen enough for me to believe the league is out against Boras. When you factor in owners' previous actions - i.e. they totally overspend every single time unless they collude - and the fact that basically everything is breaking against Boras all at the same time, there's just too much smoke for there not to be fire.
And I don't see it as an outlandish conspiracy theory. Nothing has changed except for a rather dramatic shift in spending. As much as I understand wanting to believe that every single team smartened up at the same time, that's just not believable to me at all given a lot of teams are passing by players who would actually help them win on reasonable contracts. And really, there is no disincentive for owners not to collude. If they're caught, the punishment isn't going to outweigh the potential (or maybe even actual) rewards. They pay a fine and stop doing it for a bit (or try to keep it on the dl a bit) then try again later.
Hosmer is a Boris client, so that might hurt the anti-Boris theory.
It’s more likely that Boros was just being Boros and asking for contracts that were way out of whack with the 2018 market.
