Remember Oliver Perez’s binder? The one where Scott Boras said Perez was the next Sandy Koufax? That was in 2008, and Boras was unsurprisingly not correct in his assessment of Perez. While Oliver did play another 13 years (and counting?) in the big leagues — more than Koufax played in his entire career — he threw just 466.1 innings in those 13 years and posted a 4.34 ERA.
All of which is to say, agents sometimes embellish for the sake of their clients. Which brings us to the video Trea Turner’s agency, CAA Sports, put out on Monday in support of Trea’s free agency.