Spilly signs with Boras...

My reaction can be found here.

someone’s not getting ahead of himself.

I’m just glad to see Francis surgery went well. I hope he doesn’t try and rush back for September so he can be healthy for next year.

As for Spilly, I think he is in the game to have fun and win. Boras is respected and helps his players by giving suggestions. Spilly has to take the suggestions and apply them.

He’s take that $72m 4 year deal.

And he HATES Scott Boras. I mean, no big shocker there, but yeah.

I hate to say it, but I’m on the verge of siding with Spilborghs on this one, but I still am on the precipice as I think that he may be getting ahead of himself.

To explain how I could possibly support a Boras client, I paste the following:

Dad: Well, I guess this is his last year

RMN: Not necessarily. He has at least 3 years until he’s eligible for free agency. I think the Rockies have wasted him in his playing time the past 2 seasons, maybe he’s just trying to get the most next offseason when he enters his first arbitration year.

That said, I do wonder if he’s getting ahead of himself.

Dad: Scott Boras is poison. To me Spilborghs just issued a sort of ultimatum. He’s history next year. Period.

RMN: I seriously wonder that as well, and I wouldn’t doubt it either. With Fowler potentially ready by midseason 09 or Opening Day ‘10, I get the guy feeling that the organization is going to overlook his good numbers once again and make him a bench guy. He’s earned a starting spot, and I think he’s more or less saying by this “you treat me like a starter or I’m gonna play dollars and cents with you.”

fin

Spilly is a nice player, a good player..not a great player. Getting Boras as his agent is a curious move. Will it help Spilly in Arbitration? Is this a move for Free Agency? Does he expect to make $20 mil a year when he does become a FA? (cause I think he needs to be an everyday starter first)

Boras is poison…he’s trouble. Spilly’s skill PLUS Boras isn’t a headache I expect the Rockies to put up with for much. Also the Rockies will be looking to make room for CaGo and Fowler in the OF….looks to me like Spilly just volunteered his spot.

And truth is, Boras doesn’t just have the cream of the crop clients…he has others.

I don’t expect taking on Boras to end up forcing a trade before a first arbitration year, because Boras isn’t going to force a multi-year contract…he insists on his clients getting to FA, unless the teams WAYYYYY overpay, which isn’t going to happen in Spilly’s case.

What I do see is a likely departure before the end of the ‘10 season, but if CarGo and Dex the Wonder Kid fulfill expectations, we’d be looking at that anyway.

He will go from a guy who loves Denver, made it his home and wants to live here forever, to a guy who is mistreated by management, misunderstood by the fans, and for whatever reason, deserves something better, even though the other side of the hill may not be greener…in fact, it may be Oakland.
That is what I always see with Boras. He turns the player against their former team in order to eliminate the possibility of them wanting to take a “home team discount.”

I guess I’m also in the boat where he won’t be here much longer. His age will factor in as well as outfield spots. I agree he sees Dex and CarGo making there way to Denver and is getting prepared to split.

must players go to the more money grubbing agent ever next to drew rosenhaus

Gives guys named Scott a bad name. He needs to change his name or the rest of us might have to set him adrift.