Comments on: 2007 Could Dictate Theo’s Future

By: Barry Snider

Barry Snider — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:58:03 +0000

As a longstanding Sox fan, 60 years, it seems to me to be more Boras bullshit, as an earlier blogger suggested. When has he EVER wrapped up a deal before the last minute & then “choke-style”?

By: josh

josh — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 06:47:39 +0000

Globe says Epstein’s making a new offer tomorrow, (technically later today) which will be the largest ever given to someone who has yet to played in the majors. So, it’s at least worth more than $32MM, which is what Contreras got…I think that’s the biggest, right? I think it gets done.

By: RH

RH — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 06:10:05 +0000

It can’t be more than $100M though…which is a good sign…

By: josh

josh — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 05:00:36 +0000

The Herald changed its story. Silverman wrote before that Boras claimed Matsuzaka deserved a long-term deal of at laest $100MM. He retracted and erased that entry, saying that Boras never stated what Matsuzaka deserved, but merely observed the fact that other pitchers are going to get contracts exceeding $100MM. So, basically instead of giving us something to debate about (Should we risk $100MM over 6 years?) we’re back where we started, wondering just how much Boras is asking for.

By: RH

RH — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 04:49:56 +0000

That’s basically what I expected.
With about 12 hours of meeting with Boras and Matsuzaka tomorrow, I hope Theo and Co. will offer something that Dice-K is willing to accept.
I’m hearing rumors that if Matsuzaka doesn’t sign, Selig will be VERY disappointed with Boras or the Red Sox if he learns that one of the two was at fault for not making a good-faith effort to reach an agreement.
And now the biggest question: would you offer 6-years for $100M?
I know it’s a lot, no wait, A LOT, but I would.

By: Evan

Evan — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 04:46:54 +0000

RH: Boras essentially said “me want money.”

By: josh

josh — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 03:17:11 +0000

You guys might also be interested to know that Gammons’ latest blog entry says Boras has been refusing to lower his request from the $18-20MM range.
“”The deadline for signing Matsuzaka is technically Thursday midnight, but because of the need for a physical, the de facto deadline is probably Tuesday or Wednesday. In the meanwhile, the ongoing discussions are more theoretical than monetary, which promises that the negotiations will go down to the last hours and the final blinks. Both sides are trying to figure out creative ways to bridge the gap between the club’s $8 million-$10 million AAV (average annual value) offer and Boras’ $18 million-$20 million requests, but the longer it remains theoretical, the less likelihood it gets done.”
Source

By: RH

RH — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 03:11:18 +0000

Thanks for the update, Evan.
Any idea what Boras said/is saying during the press conference?
Note to Theo: just give him the $15M/year that Boras wants. You need to sign him and if that’s the only way you can do it, well, DO IT!

By: Evan

Evan — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 03:05:37 +0000

That link should actually be going here.

By: Evan

Evan — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 03:04:53 +0000

With agent Scott Boras declaring last night that if "the parties' positions remain the same, Daisuke will return to Japan,'' the Red Sox top brass were in southern California to meet face-to-face with Daisuke Matsuzaka in a last-ditch attempt to induce him to sign. Boras said that GM Theo Epstein, accompanied by principal owner John W. Henry and CEO Larry Lucchino, had come to conduct negotiating sessions last night and today in an attempt to beat Thursday's midnight deadline for a deal. source