Scott Boras Reflects On Criticism Received Over Ramirez, Alvarez

Boras Responds To Criticism Over Ramirez, Alvarez Situations

One year after agent SCOTT BORAS received the "heaviest criticism of his career when word got out" during Game 4 of the World Series that 3B ALEX RODRIGUEZ had decided to opt out of his contract with the Yankees, there are "no discernible signs that Boras suffered as a result," according to Michael Schmidt of the N.Y. TIMES. Boras, who has 10 active players on the four LCS teams, remains the "happy warrior of agents, finding himself in new controversies and moving right through them." Of all the Boras clients still playing in the playoffs, Dodgers LF MANNY RAMIREZ "looms largest." The theory among many in MLB regarding Ramirez' misbehavior while with the Red Sox is that Ramirez was "acting out deliberately in the hope that the Red Sox would trade him, and that Boras went along." But Boras recently "lamented that the news media portrayed him in an overwhelmingly unfavorable light." Boras: "Everyone said we went to Manny and said, 'Don't do things on the field that you would normally do.' I can only say this when people raise that question: Manny hit .360 in July, led the team in home runs, RBI's, the whole thing. What is it that Manny wasn't doing? I would like to be responsible for Manny hitting .360." Boras also "seemed to come out on top in the other client controversy he encountered this summer" involving Pirates top draft pick 3B PEDRO ALVAREZ. Boras said of the criticism directed at him, "I only get the negativity because it's written so much, about here he goes again doing something different, it's always about money. Seventy percent of what we do is not about money; it's about advancing players and getting players to be better" (N.Y. TIMES, 10/10).