Personally, I'm getting tired of this charade of parading Max around like he's the reincarnate of Jesus Ball throwing Christ..... Two words: Scott Bor-ASS..... a potential rundown of suitors..... http://m.mlb.com/news/article/105094580/richard-justice-max-scherzer-would-be-money-for-contenders If he winds up in the NL West with SF or L.A., your probably looking at next years W.S. Champ or NLCS Champion..... IMO, the Yanx need to make a move for him. CC cannot be counted on this year, he couldn't cut butter last year, so why this one? Nova, I think has maybe seen his last glory years. Pineda, has still not pitched a full season since he was in Seattle, why now? Tanaka IMO, will return to form, with his strain (partial tear) healed, stronger than ever. Let's just hope, he doesn't tear the areas around the healed elbow, albeit tendons or ligaments....
...loling at Richard Justice...he named 11 teams without even mentioning Detroit...thanx for the scoop, Rich !
...^^^ wouldn't surprise me. It's amazing how much BS is thrown around by the media this time of year. I would also think think that most of those teams are laughing at Justice too.
This reeks of prince fielder all over again, no inyrest at all and then bam, a record deal to the tigers. I think boras manipulates their gullible owner
He goes above the gm to the owners...it's basically stealing at that point, they for the most part are not baseball men
...teams emphatically saying they're not interested in a player?...lol...it's a game of "liar's poker". ...the Yanx have said essentially the same thing about Scherzer...don't believe anything until it actually happens.
,,,^^^ good point(s), and Liars Poker, I like that catchy phrase, and damned it fits well too.....Extra Dark Ray Bans anyone?
Honestly I don't see anyone going over 7 yrs @ $180M. OR, the idiot Bor-ass could have another Drew / Morales situation, and we all know how that turned out.
Wishful thinking? Drew/Morales are Cy Young winners and 200+ IP guys. Max gets the deal he wants, Boras does big deals late. Better to spend big money in a new calendar year.
also a good point. Much like a 6 month Auction. The deeper into an Auction of any sort, 1 of 2 things either happen, depending on the commodity and demand/supply. The price either drops drastically, (which will NOT happen); or the Price goes up and up, which WILL happen.... Not alot of quality SP's to choose from. A lot of Suitors creating a false sense of over inflation of Max's true value. A lack of supply; with plenty in Demand. That's what Bor-ASS does. Keep's more players these days (or so the Drew/Morales debacle looked), on the hook dangling over a jumping Great White. The interests tho' never wanes for those serious contenders, thus the price continues to go up.....! I never was much a fan of collusion. At some point I'd like to see Owners in collusion- with these outlandish prices for commodities. If it were high pay checks for players, that's one thing. These are not players anymore, they are pure commodities....Say goodbye to the MLBPA, and Hello to the MLBCE (CE: Commodities Exchange)...
...Scherzer will not get the money he and Boras are asking for. Will he get a bigger deal than Detroit offered last year?...yes, but he's not getting Kershaw money.
I agree. He turned down 6 @ $144M from Detroit. I think my figure is closer to what he'll end up with, 7 @ $180M. I'll really be surprised if anyone gives him him much more then that. (money wise).
Maybe (hopefully), Boras and Max are dealing with a coincidental,collusion-like market. Or it could be a case of plain old fiscal sanity from Mlb owners.
I'm not only hoping for this but I hope it happens more often. These salaries are getting way out of hand.
