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High-profile MLB agent Scott Boras has a lot to say about competitive balance in Major League Baseball, and he’s hoping to put pressure on both sides to address it in upcoming CBA negotiations. Boras criticized the industry’s …
Dallas Keuchel’s location on Friday night shows everything that is wrong with his year. Keuchel was spotted sitting in agent Scott Boras’ box behind home plate at Angel Stadium in Anaheim for Friday night’s Angels-Texas Rangers …
Gio Gonzalez is making some changes, and it appears he’ll soon be on the market once again. According to Mark Feinsand of MLB.com, Gonzalez has fired agent Scott Boras. ESPN’s Jeff Passan adds that Gonzalez is considered likely to …
Martin Maldonado hired Scott Boras last year in hopes of cashing in during his free agency. Instead, the move backfired. Maldonado remains unsigned despite Spring Training being well underway. In hopes of changing his fate, Mark Feinsand reported on …
Jayson Werth expressed his disappointment with his former agent Scott Boras during a recent podcast appearance. Werth, who announced his retirement from baseball in June, conducted an interview with WIP’s Howard Eskin on “The Howard Eskin …
Scott Boras is the most well-known agent in Major League Baseball, and when his clients do well, he does too. So it comes as no surprise that he’s against anything that might hurt their numbers. Boras believes that there needs to be a rule …
The New York Mets are designating Matt Harvey for assignment after he turned down their request for him go to the minor leagues. The end result is that Harvey’s Mets career will be over, with the team now having a chance to trade before he …
If the MLBPA does end up organizing its own spring training for players who remain unsigned, some of the top free agents on the market will not be attending. On Thursday, Scott Boras told ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick that he is not planning to send …
Baseball mega-agent Scott Boras is not pleased with some recent claims levied by Major League Baseball regarding his business practices. In an official statement issued on Tuesday, the MLB addressed the frigid free agent market this offseason by …
The Major League Baseball Players Association issued a statement on Tuesday ripping teams for their supposed concerted effort to drive down the price of free agents, and the league returned fire shortly thereafter. After MLBPA executive director Tony …
Major League Baseball’s free agent market has moved extremely slowly, with many of the top names still available. Lots of people are still trying to figure out why this is. While the obvious explanation is teams simply aren’t willing to …
Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper escaped a potentially devastating injury Saturday night when he slipped on a wet base and hurt his knee. Now, his agent, Scott Boras, wants Major League Baseball to take steps to prevent someone else from …
MLB super-agent Scott Boras sparked a firestorm back in September with comments regarding Matt Harvey’s innings limit. Now, he’s saying very different things. Boras, speaking to reporters at the MLB General Manager meetings in Florida, …
The New York Mets are putting Matt Harvey in a position to become incredibly unpopular with the fans if he decides to shut it down for the year after pitching a certain number of innings. Scott Boras, Harvey’s agent, recently made it very clear …
Scott Boras and the New York Mets are at odds over an innings limit for star pitcher Matt Harvey. Harvey is dominating in his first season back from Tommy John surgery, and the Mets are reaping benefits and appear poised to win the NL East for the …
Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant is considered by many to be the No. 1 prospect in baseball, yet a team that has not won more than 75 games since 2009 has yet to allow him to make his Major League debut. This has infuriated his agent, the …
