Late Innings

As in the following:

It didn’t take Manny Ramirez long to turn thumbs-down on the Los Angeles Dodgers’ latest attempt to bring him back to Chavez Ravine.

Just hours after the Dodgers offered him a one-year, $25 million contract that would have made him the second-highest paid player in baseball and the highest-paid outfielder in baseball history, Ramirez and agent Scott Boras informed the team late Monday night that they’d rejected that offer.

Everyone knows that Scott Boras spurred the two year, 45MM offer from the Dodgers. And it apparently didn’t take Manny and Boras long to shoot down this offer. Honestly, I’m waiting to the Dodgers to simply “move on.” If that’s the case, will Boras get his client the four year, 100MM offer (or six years, 150MM according to Jon Heyman?)

There are tons of options that the Dodgers can use to fill their outfield holes, both internally and on the free agent market. And Manny, the more he shoots down, the less he’s likely to get. I understand that Boras enjoys getting his client long term deals, since that’ll free up his time for subsequent seasons. However I’m now excited to see what Boras will get his client, with the Dodgers and Yankees (can’t sign anymore Type A free agents) out of the picture. Sooner or later, Boras is going to have to settle for his client who’s on the wrong side of 35…