MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred expresses support for a free agent signing deadline. Superagent Scott Boras criticizes the idea, calling deadlines detrimental to players' rights. The debate over implementing a signing period continues among MLB stakeholders.
Five of Scott Boras’s top clients remain unsigned with spring training rapidly approaching, but the superagent and his players aren’t panicking—and for good reason, SI’s Tom Verducci writes https://t.co/DUTdj9yKcz
Are deadlines "death" lines to the players? @scottbraun @ErikKratz31 and @aj_pierzynskiFT weigh in on the possibility of a free agent signing period. ▶️ https://t.co/Frxa4XOEba https://t.co/G4tnEhjmxi
We’ve got all these teams out here talking about how they’re not going to be able to make significant additions, and four top free agents still out there. Giants could be in a really good spot when it comes to the ‘Boras Four.’ https://t.co/UaUl6cClao
MLB agent Scott Boras opposes free-agency signing deadline: 'Death lines to the players.' 👀 https://t.co/9QJlRxDxKe https://t.co/PtN7Txtchk
Boras opposes free-agency signing deadline: 'Death lines to the players' https://t.co/paaJ23VWmU
Should the MLB employ a free-agent signing period? 👀⤵️ https://t.co/F5bYO2Q8P5
Scott Boras tonight, in response to Rob Manfred pushing a free agency deadline: “Deadlines are death lines to the players. It’s a death of their right. ... It’s an artificial reason not to get your value.” https://t.co/b8H6QKr5Gr
Manfred: MLB Favors Free Agent Signing Deadline https://t.co/l76tQOtpce https://t.co/wASQgY2H4G