I happened to
turn to the MLB Network yesterday just in time to see the panel of talking
heads interview that renowned comedian, Carrot Top. What better way to say, “The general
managers’ meeting this December has been a bust”?
For weeks, all
things MLB have been building up these past four days in Las Vegas. Where will Bryce Harper go, and Manny
Machado? How about this for a
blockbuster deal (insert speculation here)?
What team will win the winter meetings?
(Observation: Winning December is
no guarantee of winning October/November.
Just ask the White Sox.)
There’ve been a
few deals, but nothing earth-shattering as MLB all but promised. Manny Machado may have cost himself a couple
hundred million dollars with his “Johnny Hustle” comment, and I get the feeling
Scott Boras isn’t happy with the money being offered client Bryce Harper. My guess is that bad teams, e.g. the Phillies
and White Sox, have been offering more money than the good teams. Think Yankees here. All things being equal, Boras wants Harper
going to a winning team.
How else to
explain Boras’ tortured hospital metaphor?
The agent told reporters yesterday that, when a nurse goes to take a
patient’s temperature, “the issue is not what the thermometer says that
day. The issue is, what’s the health of
the patient when they’re ready to leave the hospital? And [the Yankees] are not ready to leave the
hospital yet.”
Thank you, Doctor
Boras. The patient does seem to be
suffering from an acute case of not-wanting-to-break-the-bank.
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