During the GM Meetings, agent Scott Boras, one of the most powerful behind-the-scenes individuals involved in professional baseball, made some odd comments to the press.
‘Odd’ is a bit of an understatement. Boras’ comments seem to suggest he was in a fever dream. His descriptions of his free agents leaped over standard baseball metaphor and jargon into pure absurdism.
“For any franchise,” Boras said, “whether you’re a ‘now’ team, you’re a ‘two-year’ team, or you’re a ‘three-year’ team as far as when you hope to arrive to Playoffville, he’s been ‘Playoffville Federal Express.’ He can be overnight delivery — one-day, two-day, whatever.