{"id":1908,"date":"2009-01-28T11:15:10","date_gmt":"2009-01-28T11:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=1908"},"modified":"2010-04-02T15:34:19","modified_gmt":"2010-04-02T14:34:19","slug":"has-boras-messed-up-mannys-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=1908","title":{"rendered":"Has Boras messed up Manny’s deal?"},"content":{"rendered":"
It seems as though the standoff between Manny Ramirez and Scott Boras and the Dodgers is showing no sign of ending any time soon.<\/div>\n
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Months after the Dodgers made a contract offer – $45m for two years seems to be the most widely reported figures – Manny is still without a team.<\/div>\n
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Even in a very slow free agent market, I was expecting the Manny market to pick up after Mark Teixeira signed with the Yankees, but little has changed.<\/div>\n
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You have to wonder if Boras has an ace up his sleeve to get teams bidding against each other, or themselves.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/div>\n
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Or in a market which will likely see some more bargain signings in the next few weeks (such as Tampa Bay getting Pat Burrell at $16m for two years), has baseball’s super agent shot himself\u00c2\u00a0in the foot?<\/div>\n
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Of the teams who missed out on Teixeira, none have shown any interest in Manny. He doesn’t appear to be a fit with the style of Mike Scioscia’s Angels, even though they could use another big bat. Washington have not shown any interest in Manny, despite putting in a big offer to Teixeira. And there’s no way Manny’s going back to Boston.<\/div>\n
Which leaves the Dodgers, a decent team who have a good chance at returning to the playoffs should Manny join them.<\/div>\n
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The Dodgers have learnt from the past about the dangers of signing players to expensive long-term deals, especially under former GM Kevin Malone.<\/div>\n
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So GM Ned Colletti is sticking to his approach of offering short-term deals at slightly higher annual amounts to give the team flexibility and the player another chance of a free agent windfall if they play well enough before their contract expires.<\/div>\n
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Boras is insisting on a four or five-year contract, which just isn’t going to happen with any team, let alone an NL team without the luxury of a DH.<\/div>\n
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And as soon as Teixeira signs with the Yankees, Boras mentioned the Giants as potential suitors for Manny.<\/div>\n
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Yes, the Giants need a big bat to help their chances in the NL West and if they were to sign Manny they would be installed as favourites to win the division.<\/div>\n
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But to me this seems like a pretty obvious ploy on the part of Boras, trying to panic the Dodgers into upping their offer for Manny out of fear he may join their arch rivals instead.<\/div>\n
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So what now?<\/div>\n
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If I was the Dodgers, I’d make the same two-year $45m offer. Actually, I’d consider offering two years at $40m to really rub it in, but we know how important money is to Manny and Boras and you wouldn’t want an\u00c2\u00a0unhappy Manny in your clubhouse. Just ask Boston’s travelling secretary.<\/div>\n
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I don’t think Manny and Boras have many other options. Let’s see if they have the guts to turn down such a big offer in a slow-moving winter.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It seems as though the standoff between Manny Ramirez and Scott Boras and the Dodgers is showing no sign of ending any time soon. \u00c2\u00a0 Months after the Dodgers made a contract offer – $45m for two years seems to be the most widely reported figures – Manny is still without a team. \u00c2\u00a0 Even […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[553],"class_list":["post-1908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mlb-2","tag-mlb-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1908"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7282,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1908\/revisions\/7282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}