2K24: New York Mets

[Sharky]

I hear the deal is on life support. And as a Mets fan I hope so!

[ThatRogue]

I hear the deal is on life support. And as a Mets fan I hope so!

I agree Sharky. I like taking a flyer on Paddack, but not at the cost of taking on Hosmer even at half his salary. And adding Dom while getting back Pagan would make the deal worse, not better.

[GwynnInTheHall]

Yeah I know, I'd dead. It wasn't a good deal for NY anyhow, but hey moving my 3 least favorite Padres for cap room worked for me--maybe we can get the cubs to go for it...

[revo]

Unsigned Michael Conforto, who famously turned down a 9-figure extension and then an $18.4m qualifying offer, had shoulder surgery Wednesday and is out for the season.

Good job Boras!

[ThatRogue]

Unsigned Michael Conforto, who famously turned down a 9-figure extension and then an $18.4m qualifying offer, had shoulder surgery Wednesday and is out for the season.

Good job Boras!

To be fair, Boras had no way of knowing his client would have a down year in 2021, then injure his shoulder while working out during the lockout.

You don’t hire Scott Boras to play it safe…you hire him to get the maximum amount possible. For all his faults, this isn’t on Boras.

[revo]

To be fair, Boras had no way of knowing his client would have a down year in 2021, then injure his shoulder while working out during the lockout.

You don’t hire Scott Boras to play it safe…you hire him to get the maximum amount possible. For all his faults, this isn’t on Boras.

An agent's job is to provide avenues of risk prevention as well as capital maximization. Conforto also became a free agent on Nov. 8th, and did not sign any offers before the lockout occurred on Dec 1st. Many agents had their clients sign pre-lockout, Boras didn't.

He badly failed Conforto here.

[Sour Masher]

An agent's job is to provide avenues of risk prevention as well as capital maximization. Conforto also became a free agent on Nov. 8th, and did not sign any offers before the lockout occurred on Dec 1st. Many agents had their clients sign pre-lockout, Boras didn't.

He badly failed Conforto here.

Boras gambles, because he is rich either way, and overall, even if he loses on one client, he wins on the whole. Of course, that should not matter to you when you are that client he loses on, and ultimately, the player has to make the call, and Conforto cost himself tens of millions by balking at a 9 figure deal. But you are right that agents should definitely advise clients of the risks, which I hope Boras did. All of these guys have to have big egos to be as good as they are, but Conforto was never a generational talent and I did not get how he could have passed on such a massive deal given who he was. Add to that the injury risk and the lock out, and it makes it worse. Even if he did not get hurt, I don't think he would have gotten a better deal the than first one he turned down. At this point, coming off major surgery and entering his 30s, he will have to take a one year prove it deal next year and even if he hits like his peak, he will be lucky to sign a deal in 2024 for half of what he could have had.

[Sharky]

Easy to say… Look, Conforto probably was fine rolling the dice. He has made plenty of money and was probably fine pursuing the largest deal even if risky.

[revo]

Robinson Cano DFA'd

[Sharky]

Robinson Cano DFA'd

Hallelujah!! About time.

Better to keep Dom Smith and Travis Jankowski.

[ThatRogue]

An agent's job is to provide avenues of risk prevention as well as capital maximization. Conforto also became a free agent on Nov. 8th, and did not sign any offers before the lockout occurred on Dec 1st. Many agents had their clients sign pre-lockout, Boras didn't.

He badly failed Conforto here.

if you want to minimize risk you do not hire Boras. There are traditional money managers and there are aggressive hedge funds and people who are looking to minimize risk do not go to a hedge fund. That is Scott Boras. You hire him to get you the maximum amount possible and sometimes that results in taking a higher level of risk. It is why his clients never sign deals before their contracts expire, no matter what the team offers…because he feels the threat of the open market will always result in more. Even though we all know that sometimes it does not.

[GwynnInTheHall]

Scherzer took himself out of the game after throwing a slider...Met's arms have GOT to be the most unlucky group of pitchers...ever.

[revo]

Scherzer took himself out of the game after throwing a slider...Met's arms have GOT to be the most unlucky group of pitchers...ever.

Moderate to high oblique strain, out 6-to-8 weeks.

[pitbull]

Moderate to high oblique strain, out 6-to-8 weeks.

With Scherzer and Megill out Peterson and Williams to replace them I would think.

[madducks]

Moderate to high oblique strain, out 6-to-8 weeks.

I guess $43 million doesn't go very far these days.