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Originally Posted by Zeke
Regarding Boras\Hosmer... Boras is unique in all of sports. I read somewhere (years ago on the ESPN boards I believe) that he and his clients treat their relationship as a partnership, not a client\rep like most agents. He is there to make MONEY, period... he factors things like, exposure, longevity, playing time etc... but for monetary considerations alone... not the sake of the player. Certain players have told him things such as "I'd be willing to go here because i like so-and-so" and Boras has been stalwart in reminding the player that this is business and will be treated as such... He will not negotiate special deals (aka Hometown discounts, etc).. He maximizes everything, short term and long term and he handles it ALL.. Most his players have little to no say until it's time to sign the dotted line.
Not sure how true most of that is.
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If I was a good player, I would want Boras. If I was an agent, I would try to be Boras. I completely 100% agree with his basic philosophy, which is often in conflict with my desire as a Royals fan to see our best players leave some money on the table and stay.
Boras' philosophy is pretty simple: it is impossible to know what your value is unless you test free agency. There is obviously a risk of being injured or declining, but if the stats predict that a decline is unlikely, then what you are giving up for security is often too big of a price to pay.
Even if you love your team and you want to stay, even if you want to give the team a "hometown discount", Boras would still advise you to test free agency. Maybe you were thinking you were worth 10AAV so you were thinking about offering to stay for an extension of 8.5AAV as a friendly hometown discount. If you go to free agency though, you might find out to your utter shock that the market has changed and you are now really worth 18AAV. You had no idea and maybe even Boras didn't know, but you don't find out until you test it, then you go back to the team you love, forget about that 8.5AAV nonsense and say "listen guys, I can get 18. Come on, you gotta help me out here, at least offer me 15 and we can talk".