YoungBuck95
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Boras is gonna be getting a nice commission check. I think he gets 5%?
Wonder why Boras didn't just go for the extra $7m and get the second largest contract ever. Seems like a miss.
Boras is gonna be getting a nice commission check. I think he gets 5%?
Read where part of the reason the bidding has been so insane on pitchers this year is that the next few years for FA starting pitchers does not look all that hot. Obviously that can change with a break out season here or there, but GM's are looking out and thinking this is the year to make a move. That being said 9 years. Wow.
Good point. I was trying to think of the next big FA pitcher who can use the Cole contract as a bar. Surely someone will come from nowhere, but otherwise who do we have? Guys like deGrom, Syndergaard, Kluber, Snell possibly. Guys like Nola are already locked up and the rest of the premium pitchers are older.
It could be argued that with Trout, Rendon and Othani that the Angels have the best heart of the lineup in the AL, but their pitching is historically bad. They need to get Ryu and someone else to be competitive.
Probably 3% or a little more on the salary. Agents make a higher percentage on endorsements and appearances.
Good point. I was trying to think of the next big FA pitcher who can use the Cole contract as a bar. Surely someone will come from nowhere, but otherwise who do we have? Guys like deGrom, Syndergaard, Kluber, Snell possibly. Guys like Nola are already locked up and the rest of the premium pitchers are older.
Next wave of really big money free agent pitchers is probably not until 2023/2024 with guys like Buehler, Castillo, Flaherty, Soroka, Bieber. Only guys in the top 25 in fWAR last year that are FA's before that are Lynn (2021), Morton (2021 option), Scherzer (2021), Syndergaard (2021), Berrios (2022), Minor (2020).
So to answer your question, the next big FA that could theoretically use Cole as a bar is probably Syndergaard if he could just have one healthy and dominant season. My money would be that Cole's contract isn't even approached until Buehler does it.
Cleveland trades Kluber for a bucket of balls.
Cleveland trades Kluber for a bucket of balls.