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For years, fans viewed MLB’s free-agent process as teams going out fishing for talent, with the players being the fish.
Interestingly enough, however, agent Scott Boras used the metaphor differently: for him, teams are the fish, and he and his players are the ones going fishing.
“Scott Boras on free agency: ‘It’s like fishing. You go out and expect the fish (teams) to be there. And sometimes they are and sometimes they’re not.’ And sometimes you have the wrong bait. (that’s me, continuing the thought),” Chicago Cubs insider Jesse Rogers tweeted.
Scott Boras on free agency: “Its like fishing. You go out and expect the fish (teams) to be there. And sometimes they are and sometimes they’re not.”
And sometimes you have the wrong bait. (that’s me, continuing the thought)
— Jesse Rogers (@JesseRogersESPN) March 4, 2024
For Boras, the fish aren’t there, at least not yet.
Perhaps, as Rogers astutely points out, they are there, but the fisherman is using the wrong bait.
It means maybe Boras and his two main unsigned clients, Blake Snell and Jordan Montgomery, misread the market.
Evidently, both the fish and the fisherman, whoever gets each role in the analogy, is waiting for the other to budge.
And no one is budging: the players (advised by Boras) haven’t been willing to lower their demands – otherwise, they would have signed by now – and the teams haven’t been open to increasing their offers.
At this point, both players have missed significant time to ramp up and prepare their bodies and minds for the upcoming season.
They have also missed important time to acclimate and get to know their new city and teammates.
There haven’t been discussions of any pitcher sitting out the season, but it’s fair to say they are in a disadvantageous position at the moment.
Opening Day is a little over three weeks away for teams that aren’t the San Diego Padres or the Los Angeles Dodgers.
It’s safe to say the two aces won’t be ready by then.
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