Werth Hires Boras
Posted by Paul Boye, Sun, September 19, 2010 08:30 PM | Comments: 0
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UPDATE (9/19, 8:30 P.M.): CSN’s Jim Salibury confirms via Twitter that Werth has hired Boras to be his new representation.
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9/6: Craig Calcaterra of NBC Sports reports that soon-to-be free agent right fielder Jayson Werth is “way down the road” in talks to bring mega-agent Scott Boras on board to be his representation.
It shouldn’t really come as a shock; after all, this is probably Werth’s one and only shot to get a big payday. It does, however, come as a blow to the hopes of fans who had hoped the Phils would be able to retain Werth past this season.
Boras, known for pushing to get every last dollar the market will bear for his clients, figures to shop Werth at an initial price tag not unlike the multi-year extension Matt Holliday signed with the Cardinals last offseason. That deal netted Holliday seven years and $120 million, a figure the Phillies almost certainly would be unable to match. Whether he gets that money is an altogether separate issue, but the price tag is certain to be high, regardless of specifics.
Werth, 31, is hitting .296/.390/.524 with 20 home runs and 44 doubles at the start of Monday’s doubleheader against the Marlins.
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Until this happened, I honestly thought we had a chance of keeping him b/c he wanted to stay.
I wanted to let this news pass and let everyone get the anti-Werth b.s out of their systems. I’m SO damn sick of reading it, esp since the vast majority of it is utter nonsense. I thought I’d read & digest the posts, then say something. But Chuck said it well to the beginning of the posts:
“I am willing to state right now that next year….when the Phillies don’t have Werth….and have this gaping hole in their line-up….that most people that are bashing and trashing him now…are gonna be whining and complaining that the Phillies didn’t do enough to keep him.”
Beyond that, I hope everyone watched last night’s game as the “JHey Kid” missed catching Victorino’s fly ball in RF. That should be just part of the lessons we learn as Phillies fans about putting a superstar rookie in RF. This isn’t a great time for them to be learning.
We should also keep in mind the reason Jayson Werth hired the monster that is Scott Boras: exactly because of the Phillies FO. Anyone who doesn’t believe this is flatout deliberately not looking at reality. They’ve treated him like crap and expected him to take it when nobody would or should take it. In ST Werth said more than once that he wanted to stay in Phila. Meanwhile the FO signed Victorino, Rollins, Blanton & opened the moth-ridden Mainline bank vaults to let Howard walk in, 18mos in advance of anything that could be considered necessity. But they couldn’t bring themselves to sit down and talk to Werth’s agent, Jeff Borris.
What would you do? Likely you’d believe your current agent may have rubbed them the wrong way, and now the FO didn’t want you at all no matter what they said in the papers. You now have no choice but to make the best of a situation you already made clear you did not want to happen. And when you have to move your children, and play for a team you prob don’t want to play for – well you go for the money. Everyone would do the same thing.
Wherever he winds up, I hope he gets big bucks, plays well, is an asset to the team, enjoys himself, and never looks back.
Posted: 03:35 PM on September 21, 2010
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Bruce, let me put it another way…
If I was Werth…and the Nippon Ham Fighters offered me TWICE as much as the Phillies to hit a white ball with red stitches….I would make sure my passport was up-to-date.
Posted: 02:37 PM on October 10, 2010