Heyman on the Rangers, arbitration, other things

by Adam J. Morris on Jan 22, 2009 2:09 PM CST Comment 8 comments

Jon Heyman has a column up, in which he talks about what teams are still likely to move on some free agents. Included in the list are the Rangers, who he mentions in connection with Ben Sheets.

Heyman also continues to insist that the Rangers were discussing Manny Ramirez earlier in the offseason, although they are now passing on him. Heyman, of course, was peddling the "Texas is after Manny" story for a while , and was the only one running with it. So I guess it isn't shocking that he's still claiming there was veracity to it.

Meanwhile, as everyone knows Scott Boras (who represents Manny, and who, according to Jim Reeves, approached the Rangers about Texas signing Manny this offseason and got nowhere) has got a ton of flak because his client, Jason Varitek, declined an arbitration offer from Boston which would have likely gotten him an $11 million contract for 2009.

Heyman -- described elsewhere on the interwebs as "Scott Boras's House Organ" and "Scott Boras's favorite writer" -- offers an explanation in his column about why it made sense for Varitek to decline arbitration, as the arbitration contract would not be fully guaranteed.

The rationale Heyman provides makes some sense, but it sounds more like after-the-fact Boras spinning to me than anything else.

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Sheets

Where there’s smoke…

Go Strangers.

by hightowersmith on Jan 22, 2009 2:15 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

...there's beckett going to BOS for Hanley

"To be ignorant of one’s ignorance is the malady of the ignorant."

by ab03 on Jan 22, 2009 2:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

you can tell

adam hasn’t been de-clawed in a while

by Smoakin in the Boys Room on Jan 22, 2009 2:17 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Nah, it's gotta be hairballs.

I mean, look at that gut.

"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008

by Rodney on Jan 22, 2009 3:17 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Heyman is the biggest culprit but,

there seems to be this reluctance for writers to say that Boras is screwing up. He screwed up on A-rod, screwed up on Varitek, looks like he screwed up big time on Manny. Boras’s ego has created problems for his clients so many times in the last few years, yet you rarely see that mentioned.

"Never go with a hippie to a second location."

by jcAustin on Jan 22, 2009 3:53 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Heyman is Boras' right hand propaganda man

He sucks and hardly has anything realistic to add to anything, and he sounds like a moron when he has been on the MLB Network. All he is good for is rumors to boost Boras’ clients.
lame

Next Year! We Swear!

by NothinG on Jan 22, 2009 5:43 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Previously Heidi Watney (who is both the new NESN sideline reporter and also likely the top reason that Tek is getting divorced) floated the idea that Tek didn’t know that arbitration meant that any team that signed him would lose a draft pick.*

But now, according to Heyman, Tek is actually so well versed in the rules of arbitration that he’s aware of the slightly arcane point that only 1/6th of his salary would be guaranteed.

Sounds like Boras is going to keep shopping stories until he finds one that fits.