Bill Madden: Cohen, Mets can’t afford to get bamboozled by Boras on Tarik Skubal
In a column carried by Yahoo Sports, Bill Madden argues that Mets owner Steve Cohen and the Mets should not be "bamboozled" by agent Scott Boras over pitcher Tarik Skubal. Madden writes that player agents, particularly Boras, are anxious about slow free-agent activity ahead of a Dec. 1 owners lockout and a collective bargaining fight over a proposed salary cap. He quotes an unnamed owner questioning how teams can make big-money offers to free agents under those conditions.
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Bill Madden: Cohen, Mets can’t afford to get bamboozled by Boras on Tarik Skubal
NEW YORK — With the clock tick-tick-ticking away toward the Dec. 1 owners lockout and the collective bargaining showdown over a proposed salary cap, the player agents, particularly Scott Boras, are getting very anxious over the lack of action on the free agent front. There is good reason for this. As one owner told me last week: “How can you be making big money offers to players, free agents ...
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