Scott Boras and his “Boras Four” have taken all of the fun out of Hot Stove Season, and baseball needs to do something about it. I’ve never been a proponent of creating a hard deadline because I believe implementing one would take leverage away from free-agent ballplayers. That said, Boras is hurting the sport by deliberately icing the offseason.
I think we can all agree that Cody Bellinger, Matt Chapman, Blake Snell, and Jordan Montgomery aren’t worth the money their agent believes they are. Yet, with pitchers and catchers starting to report this week, none are close to signing.