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aapimentel
Any news about Teoscar Hernandez re-signing with the Dodgers?
tom brunanskys black sock
Yes
Gwynning
Pimentel- Last I heard the suspicion was that the LAD are “moving in a different direction” but you know how rumors can go…
Fever Pitch Guy
Gwynn – Yes I do!!!
Look at all these rumors
They’re surrounding us everyday
We just need some time, some time to get away from
From all these rumors, we can’t take it no more
My best friend said there’s one out now
About Roki at an L.A. store
Gwynning
Lol
Gwynning
Lowkey great song, replaying it meow FPG
differentbears
Feels like a bit of news to suggest to Teo that the Dodgers have options. But the fact that Teo hasn’t signed anywhere and there doesn’t seem to be any other rumors suggests that he’s still leaning Dodgers himself. Might just be a case of who blinks first.
kellin
Pretty sure like what’s been mentioned, they’re moving on.. Soto’s contract gave Boras the opinion that he could raise Hernandez’s price tag and the Dodgers aren’t interested at this point.
Bruin1012
Well there is the fact that Boras isn’t Teoscar’s agent so he’s raising nothing for Teoscar.
kellin
Oh, I heard wrong. But maybe its a condition of Boras giving the other agents the angle of charging more? I dunno.
tuck 2
Boras doesn’t give a crap about his clients or their success after they sign. Time after time he waits it out and his client has a bad or injury riddled year. He’s about to do it to Burnes and for what and extra $5 million.
So he gets $260 million instead of $265. He’s a blight on the sport
Pete'sView
One can never know, but I would bet that—as good as he is—Burnes signs for considerably less than that.
Joe says...
Tuck I’m not a Boras fan by any stretch of the imagination but just remember that if we know what Boras is all about, bet your butt the players who hire him know. It’s on the players more so than Boras.
SFGRab
Yeah, you don’t hire Boras if you aren’t going after every dollar the market will bear.
gbs42
Somebody tell me an agent that doesn’t try to get the most money for his players.
Gwynning
Like any profession, some are just better at it, gbs.
l9ydodger
@joe; yes & no about Boras. He probably tells the marginal players he represents that “I think you should take this deal, probably the best offer you’ll get”. The bigger headliners, “let’s hold out a little longer, I’m pretty confident I can get you more”. In the end it is up to the players but I can hear him saying to the bigger ones, “I can get you more, just be patient “.
Joe says...
No doubt dodger but even with that, the player is agreeing to go after more. Nothing wrong with that. My only issue with it is having to hear Boras and his guys whining about not getting the deal they thought they deserved.
Wilmer the Thrillmer
I think that Boras is finally realizing that he’s not doing the sport any favors by waiting until February for his players to sign.
Teams like to know where they stand in the pecking order of signing free agents. Now teams know they’re not getting Soto so they can move on as opposed to teams remaining in a holding pattern still hoping they can catch the big fish. Many of the rest of the mid to higher tier players were in limbo because teams were “still in” on the big fish.
I think players realize it too. Look how quickly Snell and Soto signed.
Gwynning
Your points are valid, Wilmer… but I’d also suggest that this winter just seems indicative of the chaotic randomness that is an Offseason. Sometimes there is no rhyme or reason.
danumd87 2
Jones is pretty good but him and holderman isn’t close to a sufficient return for Mayo and Kjerstad. Mayo and Kjerstad should get a superstar in return. Mayo OR Kjerstad for Jones might make sense for both teams.
ghostofmookiebetts
“That guy
I think this whole Roki thing is a joke. Seems like he’s holding meetings only with big market teams. Doesnt seem fair.”
This has to be written by a twelve year old, right?
gbs42
“Who says life is fair? Where is that written?’
– the grandfather from”The Princess Bride
Goku the Knowledgable One
The Skenes effect was supposed to inspire the owner to spend extra on the team.
Not imply that free agents want to sign with Skenes team by some type of admiration
kroeg49
I’m curious! Is Marky Mark even a baseball fan?