Pedro Alverez, selected by the Pirates as 2nd overall draft pick this year, agreed just before the midnight draft deadline on August 15th, for $6 million dollars. Nice money, considering he might never play in the major leagues. SIX million, guaranteed, before he swings a bat. Pedro had to overrule his agent to make the deal. Not enough money!
His agent, the ever-classy Scott Boras, has told Alverez not to sign the contract, and the players union is filing a grievance against the commissioner's office, saying that the contract is void - that it was agreed to AFTER the midnight signing deadline.
Boras, as any baseball fan knows, is a bedsore on the syphilitic ass of baseball. You want to know what Boras is complaining about? $200,000. Alverez was given SIX million, but Boras wants an additional $200,000. WHY? I'll tell you why. Buster Posey, the #1 draft pick this year, got $6.2 million. Boras doesn't want another agent to top the money he got for his top player!
This gets better! Eric Hosmer, drafted by the Kansas City Royals, also got $6 million, and is happy with his contract - BUT it was submitted AFTER Alverez's contract. So even if Boras is successful in getting Alverez's contract voided, that will void the contract of ANOTHER of his clients, one that doesn't WANT to get out of his contract!
There aren't enough facepalm pics in the world to communicate what I'm feeling.
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His agent, the ever-classy Scott Boras, has told Alverez not to sign the contract, and the players union is filing a grievance against the commissioner's office, saying that the contract is void - that it was agreed to AFTER the midnight signing deadline.
Boras, as any baseball fan knows, is a bedsore on the syphilitic ass of baseball. You want to know what Boras is complaining about? $200,000. Alverez was given SIX million, but Boras wants an additional $200,000. WHY? I'll tell you why. Buster Posey, the #1 draft pick this year, got $6.2 million. Boras doesn't want another agent to top the money he got for his top player!
This gets better! Eric Hosmer, drafted by the Kansas City Royals, also got $6 million, and is happy with his contract - BUT it was submitted AFTER Alverez's contract. So even if Boras is successful in getting Alverez's contract voided, that will void the contract of ANOTHER of his clients, one that doesn't WANT to get out of his contract!
There aren't enough facepalm pics in the world to communicate what I'm feeling.
http://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/pbc/
