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Originally Posted by kq76
I was just going to post how Boras just came out and basically told the Nationals that for Strasburg he's going to want: 50% equity in the club, all the concession revenues, and everybody in the organizations' first and second born children:
Baseball draft: No. 1 draft pick Stephen Strasburg of the Washington Nationals is among best of the best, agent Scott Boras says - ESPN
So I was thinking, hmm, if MLB won't go to collectively bargained slotted contracts and they don't want to allow draft pick trading, what if the Nationals were at least allowed to trade their rights to negotiate with Strasburg to someone else? But it'd be just as bad trading picks, only worse because you're limiting yourself to what you're trading away.
As the article says, it would give the agents more power. The only solution really is just to have collectively bargained slotted contracts. Personally, I can't wait. I'm tired of teams passing on hundreds of players due to "signability". |
I agree with slotting.
If Boras says no this year, I'd love for the Nats to sign him again next year with their #1 pick, then use the #2 pick(the compensation pick they'd get for Strasburg not signing this year) for whomever they really wanted. If he doesn't sign again, that gives them the #2 for the next draft as well. It sucks for the kid, but if he's dumb enough to hire Boras, then he gets what he asked for.