Scott Boras
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"Scott Dean Boras" is an American sports agent, specializing in baseball. He is the founder, owner and president of the Boras Corporation, a sports agency based in Newport Beach, California that represents roughly 175 professional baseball clients, including many of the game's highest-profile players. Boras has brokered many record-setting contracts since 1982, and many of his clients, including Shin-Soo Choo, Jacoby Ellsbury, Prince Fielder, Matt Holliday, Alex Rodriguez (until 2010), Max Scherzer, and Jayson Werth are among the highest paid in the game. Since 2013, Forbes/Forbes magazine has named Boras the "Most Powerful Sports Agent in the World."

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I'm not often surprised by numbers, ... I was surprised by some of what we came up with in regard to Johnny.

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We received offers from a number of teams, and we're in the process of going through deal points as to Carlos' future contract.

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We learned from [ Alex Rodriguez ], when Seattle tried to trade him during his last year [that] it was a very difficult thing to do, ... If your team is remotely in the race you're better off keeping the player because clubs aren't going to give up much for a short, two-month stay.

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They were doing this for market purposes, not to help the team individually. It's never in best interest of an individual club to disclose which player they're going to tender or not tender. The free agent market has been artificially manipulated by owner conduct.

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We had a situation where we knew Alex was going to be traded -- but we had to wait and see where he would end up. So we had an oral understanding, a bridge.

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I don't know why people are writing the Cubs aren't in it because they have to trade Sammy Sosa first.

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The Yankees have never addressed or spoken with me in regard to any off-field activities regarding Alex Rodriguez. And the Yankees have never spoken to Alex regarding any of his off-field activities.

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I heard some very serious things today that made me think there are going to be some clubs that are going to be very aggressive in the free-agent process.

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They want to hear from all parties sometimes before they make a decision.

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