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boras strikes again. kinda weird though, doesn't he usually like to drive bidding up in this sort of situation?
There is now specualtion that Boras (you know the agent everyone hates to work with) did not relay the Cards' latest offer to Weaver before he signed with the M's. You may have heard the big stink Boras made in the news about how the Cards refused to deal a good deal. Now, Cardinals chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. and GM Walt Jocketty are stepping up and saying that their offer was very comperable to the one he got from Seattle, but that when they talked to Weaver AFTER he signed, he apparently was unaware of this offer. I haven't heard yet what this offer may actually have been, but it is known it was a 2-year with an option like Weaver wanted originally. I don't know if much is going to be made of it, but Walt supposedly called the MLB office asking them to look into it; not from the standpoint of "oh we ant Weaver back," but from the standpoint of Boras being unethical.
boras strikes again. kinda weird though, doesn't he usually like to drive bidding up in this sort of situation?
The issue at hand is Weaver was willing to take less and come back to the Cards. Boras told Walt of Seattle's offer and the Cards came back with one comperable (supposedly) and Weaver was never informed of this. He was under the impression that he Cards weren't going to change.
I'm telling you Cards fans, come July, you'll be overjoyed that Weaver signed with the M's.
I believe the same but you never know. In the grand scheme... Weaver is our #4. Matching 8+Mil for a #4 who is 20 games under .500 for his career is just ignorant, IMO.
Im telling you, continued working with Dave Duncan would've produced a 18 game winner with an under 4 ERA.I'm telling you Cards fans, come July, you'll be overjoyed that Weaver signed with the M's.
He showed it in later august. He showed it all of september as the best pitcher in the rotation that month, and october you saw what he did.
If I were the Cardinals I would try and get the contract voided and see if Weaver will come on home.
This reminds me of the Derek Anderson saga, except that Weaver is not as much of a punk as DA was.
Same small-town-like protracted whining about the loss of a mediocre player.
Same inability to realize that a player signing as a free agent elsewhere is not a major civic issue.
Same finger-pointing.
Same ability for detached observers to discern that it is no big deal, and that in a year nobody will miss said player.
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