When all the dust finally settles, Scott Boras made a huge miscalculation in his quest to get A-Rod another huge deal. The good thing for Boras is that this mistake still got his client another $200,000,000.
Boras has made mistakes in the past but I don't think any were of this magnitude and on this level. He was expecting the Cubs, Dodgers, Angels, Mets, Giants and any other team with a shred of interest in A-Rod to fall over themselves to get a chance to sign his client. And why wouldn't he? That's what happened 7 years ago when A-Rod was last a free agent. Plus, when you look at some of the contracts being given now, you would think A-Rod would have a real shot at the $350,000,000 he was allegdly asking for to start the bidding.
But this time was different. For some reason, everyone was too scared to even put an offer sheet in front of A-Rod. And when Boras got a chance to start gauging his potential suitors, he realized he might have made a huge mistake when he advised his client to opt out of his contract.
What makes this so interesting is that we'll never know if this is how the story was supposed to go from the beginning. Scott Boras has a long reputation of being a manipulator so it wouldn't come as a shock if he had this planned all along. Why not ask for $350,000,000 and if worse comes to worse, we know the Yankees will not be able to resist the temptation of signing A-Rod for a "bargain deal" of $275,000,000. So what if he's not able to be in the room when A-Rod meets with the Steinbrenners. Boras is a master spin doctor and will be able to shrug off any potential ill effects potential or existing clients might have.
Maybe Boras will someday write a book and tell us how this whole thing was supposed to. But then again, if he does, can we believe whatever he writes? Probably not.
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From a loyal reader-
Boras' cohorts admitted that there was not ONE team- besides the Yankees- the could even come within a sniff of that number. So you have to believe this was a complete ploy through and through. HOWEVER, you have to question whether it was worth trying to pull a rabbit out of the proverbial hat at the expense of Alex's image.
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