Jered Weaver
from rotoworld:
The Angels gave first-round pick Jered Weaver until midnight Wednesday to accept their offer of a $4 million signing bonus, but Weaver turned it down.
A source close to the Angels said that any offer the team makes in the future would be lower. Weaver has until June 7 to sign or he will re-enter the draft and the Angels will lose his rights. Mar. 3 - 8:42 am et
Source: Los Angeles Times
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Agent $$$
by alskntwnsfn on Mar 3, 2005 2:27 PM EST 0 recs
Boras
Take this case as an example. If Weaver holds out (on Boras's advice) and re-enters the draft, he not only risks injury, but loses a year off of a career that is relatively short, even for the greatest athletes. It seems reasonable to assume that most players make more money later in their careers (after attaining free agent status especially), so essentially, Weaver/Boras are gambling that the $2 million or so they are off by in the near term - spread over whatever the length of the offer is - is more than Weaver could be making at the end of his career. This seems fallacious to me.
It really bothers me when agents in general claim to have the best interests of their clients at heart, but ultimately look only at the dollar sign, disregarding nearly everything else - and even then make really stupid decisions based on short term greed (anyone remember Matt Harrington?).
Okay, I feel better now, just had to get that out. :)
by fargocraig1971 on Mar 3, 2005 3:30 PM EST 0 recs
some of it...
But with guys who have multi-millionaire brothers (weaver,drew) I would think thats less important. Why lose a year if your from a rich family?
Lastly, Boras sucks!
by natsfan2005 on Mar 3, 2005 3:36 PM EST 0 recs
Wasted year
by slurve on Mar 3, 2005 5:55 PM EST 0 recs
ah, but....
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Mar 3, 2005 5:59 PM EST
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If...
by slurve on Mar 3, 2005 6:36 PM EST 0 recs
From the Angels Site:
Too bad the Angels and Weaver couldn't bridge the $3M gap in their offers, but the Angels said they made him the best offer they could -- and he left it.
by luthanham on Mar 4, 2005 2:08 AM EST 0 recs







