but I’ll tell you why I hate Boras:

He’s an arrogant, self-absorbed prick. (That’s enough reason to say fuck somebody even if they are good at their job.)

As NYRoyal said, he isn’t good for baseball as a whole, let alone teams like the Royals.

He’s a liar.

I’m sure there’s more, but I don’t think it really matters. I guess the bottom line is you don’t have to be an asshole to be good at your job, and I really think its becoming debatable how good he is at his job anyway. He’s a skilled agent, but in reality, his high-profile clients are gonna get a shitload of money no matter what. Let’s look at some of the top picks this year:

1) Beckham – $6.15M guaranteed
2) Alvarez – $6M guaranteed
3) Hosmer – $6M guaranteed
4) Matusz – $6.67M
5) Posey – $6.2M guaranteed
7) Alonso – $6.55M guaranteed

Guess which two are Boras clients. That’s right, the two lowest numbers. And Boras takes out a well above average 5% commission. Sure, he’s good at his job, but not really that much better than other agents who probably charge less anyway. He’s living on an outdated reputation, and baseball executives are starting to catch on to his shit. Wonder why Boras advised Hosmer to not sign? My guess is that he realized he couldn’t get as much for Hosmer as other agents got for similar talent, and he would rather lose the $300,000 than take the hit to his pride/reputation.

I’m up too late, and I know that this is somewhat of a pointless rant, but I guess all of this is just to say “Fuck Boras.”

the extra 500k or so he likely left on the table