Scott Boras

{{Short description|American sports agent (born 1952)}} {{Use American English|date=October 2017}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox person | image = Scott Boras.png | image_size = | caption = Boras in 2019 | name = Scott Boras | birth_name = Scott Dean Boras | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|11|2}} | birth_place = Sacramento, California, U.S. | education = University of the Pacific (PharmD, JD) | employer = Boras Corporation (CEO) | occupation = Sports agent | years_active = 1980–present | website = {{URL|http://www.borascorp.com/}} }}

'''Scott Dean Boras''' (born November 2, 1952) 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.

Since 2013, ''Forbes'' magazine has named Boras the "Most Powerful Sports Agent in the World."<ref name=ForbesPowerful>{{cite news|url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbelzer/2014/11/04/the-worlds-most-powerful-sports-agents-2014/|author= Jason Belzer|title= The World's Most Powerful Sports Agents 2014|date=November 4, 2014|periodical= Forbes}}</ref> In 2019 and 2022, contracts signed by his clients totaled more than $1 billion in the month of December.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/scott-boras-clients-give-agent-billion-dollar-offseason-after-hyun-jin-ryus-blue-jays-deal/|title=Scott Boras clients give agent billion-dollar offseason after Hyun-Jin Ryu's Blue Jays deal|website=CBSSports.com|date=December 23, 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-12-28}}</ref> In 2024, Boras negotiated what is as of {{As of|2026|February|bare=yes}} the largest contract in sports history on behalf of client Juan Soto; the contract's total value was $765 million.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |date=2024-12-09 |title=Sources: Mets land Soto on 15-year, $765M deal |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/42864917/sources-mets-land-juan-soto-15-year-765m-deal |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Early life and playing career== Scott Dean Boras was born on November 2, 1952, in Sacramento, California<ref>[https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/stats/p-393d322e Scott Boras minor league baseball statistics.] StatsCrew.com. Retrieved November 15, 2021.</ref> and grew up in Elk Grove, California,<ref>{{Cite news |last=McGrath |first=Ben |date=2007-10-22 |title=The Extortionist |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/10/29/the-extortionist|access-date=2025-04-17 |work=The New Yorker |language=en-US |issn=0028-792X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-10-08 |title=Scott Boras is the super sports agent |url=https://www.espn.com/espnmag/story?id=3608950 |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> the son of a dairy farmer.<ref name=ESPNmag>{{cite news|url= https://www.espn.com/espnmag/story?id=3608950 |author= Matthew Cole |title= Who's In Charge Here? Scott Boras, for starters.|date=September 27, 2007 |periodical= ESPN The Magazine}}</ref> He attended the University of the Pacific and made the baseball team as a walk on. He led the team with a .312 batting average in 1972.<ref name=PacificRecords>{{cite web|url= http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/paci/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/BaseballRecordBook.pdf|title= Pacific Baseball Record Book|work= Pacific Tigers 2009 Baseball Media Guide|access-date= November 8, 2009|archive-date= November 12, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121112085722/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/paci/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/BaseballRecordBook.pdf|url-status= dead}}</ref> As of 2009, Boras was in the top 10 in school history in multiple offensive categories.<ref name=PacificRecords/> Boras was inducted into the Pacific Athletics Hall of Fame in 1995,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://pacifictigers.cstv.com/hallfame/paci-hofalltime.html |title= Pacific Athletics Hall of Fame |work=University of the Pacific}}</ref> and the baseball team's annual "Most Improved Player" award is named in his honor.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://pacifictigers.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/paci-m-basebl-teamawards.html|title= Pacific Baseball – Team Awards|work= University of the Pacific}}</ref> Following his college career, Boras played four years of minor league baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs organizations.<ref name=BaseballReference>{{cite web|url= https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=boras-001sco|title= Scott Boras Minor League Statistics & History |work= Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref> Boras made the Florida State League All-Star team in 1976,<ref>{{cite book|title= Official Baseball Guide 1977|year=1977|publisher= The Sporting News}}</ref> but knee problems shortened his career and he retired with a career batting average of .288.<ref name=BaseballReference/> Boras received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of the Pacific in 1977.<ref name=SI>{{cite news|url= http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1138685/3/index.htm|archive-url= https://archive.today/20100315164918/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1138685/3/index.htm|url-status= dead|archive-date= March 15, 2010|author= Tom Verducci|title= Big Deals – For agents Scott Boras and Dennis Gilbert, baseball is a bonanza|date=June 14, 1993|periodical= Sports Illustrated; CNN}}</ref>

Following his playing career, Boras returned to the University of the Pacific, earning his Juris Doctor degree from the university's McGeorge School of Law in 1982.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.mcgeorge.edu/x4142.xml|title = McGeorge School of Law Alumni Profiles|work = McGeorge School of Law}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> After law school, Boras worked as an associate in the pharmaceutical defense department of the Chicago firm Rooks, Pitts & Poust (now Dykema Gossett), defending drug companies against class-action lawsuits.<ref name=NewYorker>{{cite news|url= https://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/10/29/071029fa_fact_mcgrath|author= Ben McGrath|title= Sporting Scene: The Extortionist|date=October 29, 2007|magazine=The New Yorker}}</ref>

==Boras Corporation==

thumb|right|Boras in 2010

Boras's start as an agent came representing Manny Trillo, a former major league second baseman for the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, and other teams, and Bill Caudill, a former minor league teammate and closer for the Seattle Mariners, both of whom now work for Boras.<ref name=SI/><ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/13/sports/baseball-the-modern-master-in-the-art-of-the-deal.html|author= James C. McKinley, Jr.|title= The Modern Master In the Art Of the Deal|date= December 13, 2000|periodical= The New York Times}}</ref> By 1980, he had decided his calling was as a baseball agent.<ref name=BusinessWeek>{{cite news|url= http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/sep2007/db20070925_706421.htm|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071013180302/http://businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/sep2007/db20070925_706421.htm|url-status= dead|archive-date= October 13, 2007|author= Matthew Cole|title= Power 100: Scott Boras – The über-agent uses data-mining to attract baseball talent|date=September 26, 2007|periodical= Bloomberg Businessweek}}</ref> In 1983, Boras negotiated one of the largest contracts in baseball history, $7.5 million for Caudill; and not long afterward, Boras left his law firm job to represent players full time.<ref name=Kepner>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/sports/03iht-BORAS.1.8568182.html|author= Tyler Kepner|title= Agent to the superstars has soft spot for the 'common' player|date=December 3, 2007|periodical= The New York Times}}</ref>

Today, Boras is the president and owner of the Boras Corporation, a baseball-only sports agency.<ref name=Bloomberg>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIVbL_hxXXw|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/EIVbL_hxXXw |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|author=Jon Erlichman|title= For the Record: Baseball on Downturn Times|date=August 21, 2009|periodical= Bloomberg Television}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2014, the Boras Corporation was named by Forbes magazine as the most valuable single-sport agency in the world.<ref name=ForbesMLBAgencies>{{cite news|url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbelzer/2014/09/16/the-worlds-most-valuable-mlb-agencies-2014/|author= Jason Belzer|title= The World's Most Valuable MLB Agencies|date=September 16, 2014|periodical= Forbes}}</ref>

Boras and his company Boras Corporation have become known for record-setting contracts for their free agent and amateur draft clients.<ref name=Rookie>{{cite news|url= http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/article/63421|archive-url= https://archive.today/20130203072727/http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/article/63421|url-status= dead|archive-date= February 3, 2013|author= Liz Mullen|title= Boras' record-breaking rookie contract was long time coming|date=August 31, 2009|periodical= Sports Business Journal}}</ref> Boras was the first baseball agent to negotiate contracts in excess of $50 million: Greg Maddux, five years, $57.5 million in 1997;<ref name=Maddux>{{cite news|title= The Rich Gets Richest: Maddux to Stay a Brave; 5 Years, $57.5 Million Is Baseball's New Top Deal|date=August 11, 1997|newspaper= The Washington Post}}</ref> $100 million Kevin Brown, seven years, $105 million in 1998;<ref name=Brown>{{cite news|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-dec-15-sp-54327-story.html|author= Ross Newhan|title= The Deal Makers |date=December 15, 1998 |periodical= Los Angeles Times}}</ref> and $200 million Alex Rodriguez, 10 years, $252 million in 2000.<ref name=ARodRangers>{{cite news |url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-dec-12-sp-64536-story.html |author= Jason Reid |title= Texas-Sized Deal |date=December 12, 2000 |periodical= Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

Boras has represented many of the elite players in each year's amateur draft and been a strong advocate for increasing player compensation.<ref name=Rookie/> Boras' first record-setting contract for a drafted player was $150,000 for Tim Belcher in 1983.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.slate.com/id/105783/|author=Bryan Curtis|title=Scott Boras, Motherhood, and Apple Pie|date=May 9, 2001|periodical= Slate Magazine}}</ref> Since then, Boras clients regularly pushed draft compensation higher, starting with $247,500 for Andy Benes in 1988; a $1.01 million guarantee for Ben McDonald in 1989, including a $350,000 bonus; a $1.2 million guarantee, including a $500,000 bonus for Todd Van Poppel in 1990; $1.55 million for Brien Taylor in 1991;<ref name=SI/><ref>{{cite news|url= https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=jp-taylor060506|author= Jeff Passan |title= The arm that changed the Major League draft |date=June 5, 2006 |periodical= Yahoo! Sports}}</ref> continuing through $8.5 million for J. D. Drew in 1998 and $9.5 million for Mark Teixeira in 2001.<ref>{{cite news |author= Tim Casey |title= A small-town boy becomes a big-time force in baseball |date=January 22, 2006 |periodical= Sacramento Bee}}</ref> In 2009, Boras clients broke several draft records, led by Stephen Strasburg, who surpassed the $15 million barrier with the largest contract in draft history at that time with $15.1 million; Donavan Tate, who received the largest signing bonus ever given to a high school player at $6.25 million; and Jacob Turner, who received the largest signing bonus ever given to a high school pitcher at $4.7 million.<ref name=Strasburg>{{cite news |author= Bill Shaikin|title= Stephen Strasburg gets a record $15.1-million deal with the Nationals|date=August 17, 2009|periodical= Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref name=Draft09>{{cite web|url= http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/draft/?p=1755|author= Jim Callis|title= $160.2 Million Spent In Top 10 Rounds |date=August 17, 2009 |work= Baseball America}}</ref>

The Boras Corporation operates out of a $20 million, {{convert|23000|sqft|m2|adj=on}}, two-story, glass-and-steel building in Newport Beach, California.<ref name=Peach>{{cite news|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ti-boras081809&prov=yhoo&type=lgns|author=Tim Brown |title=What a peach: Boras orchestrates satisfaction|date=August 18, 2009|periodical= Yahoo! Sports}}</ref> Subsidiary companies include Boras Marketing, which does memorabilia, marketing, and endorsements;<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-21-2006/0004495275&EDATE|title=GGL and New York Yankee Johnny Damon Launch the Professional Baseball Video Game League|website=PRNewswire.com|access-date=October 28, 2017}}</ref> and the Boras Sports Training Institute for strength/conditioning and sports psychology.<ref>{{citation|url= http://menshealth.coverleaf.com/menshealth/200905/?pg=133#pg133|title= Sports Training for Baseball Superstars – Major League Muscle|date= May 2009|page= 114|periodical= Men's Health}}</ref> Many of the 75-person staff are former major leaguers, including Bob Brower, Don Carman, Bill Caudill, Scott Chiamparino, Mike Fischlin, Calvin Murray, Jeff Musselman, Domingo Ramos and Kurt Stillwell. The company has scouts across the United States, Asia and Latin America.<ref name=Kepner/><ref name=Peach/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/larrystone/2004300142_stone23.html|author=Larry Stone|title=Mariners prospect Carlos Triunfel has the touch of greatness |date=March 23, 2008 |periodical= The Seattle Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/baseball/rangers/stories/120405dnspoborastrinkets.259f7ba.html |author=Evan Grant |title=Inside Scott Boras Corp. |date=December 4, 2005 |periodical= The Dallas Morning News}}</ref> Staff also includes an MIT-trained economist, a former NASA computer engineer, three lawyers, five personal trainers, and an investment team, although the firm does not provide investment services for clients. Also on staff is a sports psychologist and a 14-person research staff charged with watching each day's games and reporting to Boras.<ref name=USAToday>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2006-11-14-boras-cover_x.htm |author=Bob Nightengale |title=Boras is baseball's bigger deal man |date=November 14, 2006|periodical= USA Today}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Thomas Stinson|title=Super-Agent is King of the Squeeze Play|date=October 21, 2007 |periodical= Atlanta Journal-Constitution}}</ref>

==Reputation== Over the course of his career, Boras has represented hundreds of players on all 30 major league teams and has participated in dozens of high-profile negotiations. Boras' specialty is the record-breaking contract, which he says is the most difficult to achieve because it then provides an "umbrella" from which other players can benefit.<ref name=Rookie/> Boras is well known for identifying sources of leverage for his clients and using them for the clients' advantage. This has included advising draft picks to return to school instead of signing, taking advantage of the right to go to salary arbitration hearings, and advising superstars to wait for free agency instead of taking "hometown discount" contracts.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.baseballamerica.com/online/2005draft/050519boras.html|author= John Manuel|title= Boras Factor Confounds Clubs|date=May 19, 2005|periodical= Baseball America}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-sep-28-sp-newhan28-story.html|author= Ross Newhan|title= Manny Ramirez, Mark Teixeira are keepers: Dodgers, Angels should pay whatever it takes to retain slugging free agents|date=September 28, 2008|periodical= Los Angeles Times}}</ref> This does not endear him to fans, who regularly side with their favorite teams and not individual players.<ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.mensjournal.com/the-devil’s-doorstep|author = Matt Taibbi|title = The Devil's Doorstep: A Visit with Scott Boras|date = February 23, 2009|periodical = Men's Journal|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120130024419/http://www.mensjournal.com/the-devil%E2%80%99s-doorstep|archive-date = January 30, 2012|df = mdy-all}}</ref> Boras, however, has said his job is to represent his clients' interests, even if it means weathering public criticism.<ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.laweekly.com/general/features/the-boras-factor/16440/|author = Jeffrey Anderson|title = The Boras Factor|date = May 24, 2007|periodical = LA Weekly|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070525104149/http://www.laweekly.com/general/features/the-boras-factor/16440/|archive-date = May 25, 2007|df = mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.usnews.com/usnews/biztech/articles/040510/10eeagent.htm|author= Matthew Benjamin|title= Go-To Guy: Agent Scott Boras is changing the business of baseball|date= May 2, 2004 |periodical= U.S. News & World Report}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/13/sports/baseball/13boras.html |author= Jack Curry |title= Ultimate Salesman, Pitching the Biggest Stars in Baseball |date= December 13, 2004 |periodical= New York Times}}</ref> Boras' innovative strategies have benefited his clients enough that Major League Baseball has changed its rules in response to his actions on multiple occasions.<ref name=Goldstein>{{cite news |url= http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=8012 |title= Boras vs. Baseball – A Primer |author= Kevin Goldstein |date= August 30, 2008|periodical= Baseball Prospectus}}</ref> This has led to descriptions of Boras ranging from "baseball's most hated man" and "baseball's answer to Lord Voldemort" to the man "players can't afford to live without."<ref>Multiple sources: *{{cite web|url=https://www.slate.com/id/105783/ |title=Scott Boras, Motherhood, and Apple Pie |work=Slate|last=Curtis|first=Bryan|date=May 9, 2001}} *{{cite news |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/08/02/juan-soto-lerners-mistake/|title=You don't trade a player like Juan Soto — ever|last=Feinstein|first=John|date= August 2, 2022|newspaper= Washington Post}} *{{cite news|url=https://www.usnews.com/usnews/biztech/articles/040510/10eeagent.htm |title=Agent Scott Boras is changing the business of baseball |website=U.S. News & World Report}} *{{cite news |url=http://archive.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/04/01/why_scott_boras_is_the_best_and_worst_thing_to_happen_to_baseball/ | work=The Boston Globe | title=Why Scott Boras is the best (and worst) thing to happen to baseball | date=April 1, 2007 | last=Pierce|first=Charles}}</ref>

==Notable deals== ===1980s=== * Boras' first major contract showdown was between Bill Caudill and the Toronto Blue Jays in February 1985. Caudill was eligible for salary arbitration, and Boras negotiated a $1.5 million contract that made Caudill the second-highest paid reliever in the game.<ref name=NewYorker/> Caudill was a former minor league teammate of Boras.<ref name="week">{{cite news |last1=Faris |first1=David |title=Inside MLB super agent Scott Boras' dreadful winter |url=https://theweek.com/sports/Scott-Boras-agent-baseball |access-date=29 July 2024 |work=The Week |date=11 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref> * In 1988, Boras represented the top three picks in the amateur draft: Andy Benes, Mark Lewis and Steve Avery. Benes signed for a $235,000 bonus, the largest in baseball history at the time.<ref name=Timeline>{{cite news |url= http://www.baseballamerica.com/online/2005draft/050519boras2.html |title= Scott Boras Timeline |author= Alan Schwarz|date= May 19, 2005|periodical= Baseball America}}</ref> * The next year, in 1989, Boras negotiated the first multi-year major league contract ever given to a baseball-only amateur, a $1.01 million deal for first overall pick Ben McDonald with the Baltimore Orioles that included a $350,000 signing bonus.<ref name=Timeline/>

===1990s=== * In 1990, Boras stunned baseball officials by securing a record $1.2 million guaranteed major league contract for the #14 pick in the draft, high school pitcher Todd Van Poppel. The contract included a $500,000 signing bonus.<ref name=Timeline /> * In 1991, Boras again set a record by securing a $1.55 million bonus from the New York Yankees for high school phenomenon Brien Taylor.<ref name=Timeline/> * In 1992, Boras negotiated a record five-year, $28 million contract for Greg Maddux with the Atlanta Braves, eclipsing the second-best offer by $9 million. The contract trailed only David Cone's contract in terms of annual value and was two years longer.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/10/sports/baseball-maddux-bolts-and-yankees-feel-jilted.html|author= Joe Sexton|title= Maddux Bolts, and Yankees Feel Jilted|date=December 10, 1992|periodical= The New York Times}}</ref> * In 1996, Boras used an obscure provision in the major league rules to have draft picks Matt White (seventh overall pick, San Francisco Giants) and Bobby Seay (12th overall pick, Chicago White Sox) declared free agents. White and Seay both then signed with the expansion Tampa Bay Devil Rays, with White receiving a $10.2 million contract and Seay receiving a $3 million bonus, significantly more than what they would have received via the draft process. The following year, Major League Baseball changed its rules in response to Boras' success in circumventing the draft, which had resulted in at least $25 million in extra money for his clients.<ref name=Goldstein/> For many years, being "outsmarted" by Boras and losing Seay remained a sore spot for White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf, one of Commissioner Bud Selig's closest allies.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.espn.com/gammons/s/0506.html|title= They did it right when they built Pac Bell|author= Peter Gammons|date= May 6, 2000|periodical= ESPN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43200-2004Sep22.html|title= In a Pinch, Reinsdorf Ready to Start Swinging|author= Thomas Boswell|date= September 23, 2004|newspaper= The Washington Post}}</ref> * In 1997, Boras advised draft pick J. D. Drew not to accept the Philadelphia Phillies' $2.6 million offer. Drew instead signed a professional contract with the independent St. Paul Saints. Boras and the MLBPA then filed a grievance to have Drew declared a free agent since only "amateurs" could be subject to what was then known as the "amateur draft". Boras won the argument, but the arbitrator ruled he could not grant Drew free agency since he was not a member of the MLBPA. Instead, Drew re-entered the draft the following year and signed with the St. Louis Cardinals for nearly three times the Phillies' best offer.<ref name="Goldstein"/> Major League Baseball again was forced to amend its rules because of Boras; the draft is now called the "First Year Player Draft" as a result of the Drew grievance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/draft/|title=First-Year Player Draft|website=Major League Baseball|access-date=October 28, 2017}}</ref> * Following the 1997 season, Boras broke the $50 million barrier by negotiating a five-year, $57.5 million contract for Greg Maddux with the Atlanta Braves, making Maddux the highest paid player in the game.<ref name=Maddux/> * Only a year later, in 1998, Boras broke the $100 million barrier by negotiating a seven-year, $105 million contract for Kevin Brown with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Brown dethroned Maddux as the highest-paid player in the game.<ref name=Brown/> * Also in 1998, Boras negotiated a seven-year, $87.5 million contract for Bernie Williams to stay with the New York Yankees, even though the Yankees had made a public statement that they would not exceed $60 million for Williams.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/26/sports/baseball-the-boss-succumbs-to-a-master-bluffer.html|title= The Boss Succumbs To a Master Bluffer|author= Jack Curry|date= November 26, 1998|periodical= The New York Times}}</ref> * In 1999, Boras filed a grievance on behalf of Adrián Beltré because the Los Angeles Dodgers falsified Beltré's Dominican Republic birth records prior to signing him in 1994. Team representatives changed the records in order to sign Beltré when he was only 15 (under baseball rules international prospects are not eligible to sign until they are 16). In response to Boras's grievance, Commissioner Bud Selig awarded Beltré damages of $48,500. Additionally, Selig imposed significant penalties on the Dodgers.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/22/sports/baseball-dodgers-get-to-keep-beltre-but-are-penalized.html |title= Dodgers Get to Keep Beltre, but Are Penalized |author= Murray Chass|date= December 22, 1999|periodical= The New York Times}}</ref>

===2000s=== ====2000==== * In 2000, under Boras's supervision, high school prospect Landon Powell earned his GED following his junior year of high school and then filed the necessary paperwork to make him eligible for that year's draft. Powell went undrafted, since the major league teams did not expect him to be draft eligible, making him a free agent.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/highschool/050302hsnotes.html |title= High Heat |author= Alan Matthews |date= March 2, 2005 |periodical= Baseball America}}</ref> Whether because of Powell's ability, his pricetag, or internal resentment within Major League Baseball about his successful end-run around the draft, Powell did not sign, instead enrolling at the University of South Carolina.<ref name=Goldstein/> * At the baseball Winter Meetings following the 2000 season, Boras negotiated two record-breaking contracts for clients who had gone first and second overall in the 1993 draft. The former second pick, Darren Dreifort, was the first to sign, with Boras finalizing a five-year, $55 million contract for Dreifort to stay with the Los Angeles Dodgers on December 11.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.espn.com/espn/print?id=938374&type=news |title= RHP Dreifort agrees to five-year deal with Dodgers |date= December 11, 2000 |periodical= ESPN}}</ref> * On December 12, Boras finalized what was then the largest contract in professional sports history, a 10-year, $252 million contract for former first overall pick Alex Rodriguez to play for the Texas Rangers.<ref name="ARodRangers" /> The contract doubled the previous record for a player contract in an American team sport (Kevin Garnett's $126 million contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves) and exceeded the price owner Tom Hicks had paid for the entire Rangers franchise three years earlier.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/12/sports/a-slugging-shortstop-to-get-252-million.html |title= A Slugging Shortstop To Get $252 Million |date= December 12, 2000 |periodical= The New York Times}}</ref>

====2001==== * In February, Boras and Andruw Jones defeated the Atlanta Braves in salary arbitration, with Jones earning an arbitration-record $8.2 million salary in only his second year of arbitration eligibility.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://archive.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/04/01/why_scott_boras_is_the_best_and_worst_thing_to_happen_to_baseball/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070823195534/http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/04/01/why_scott_boras_is_the_best_and_worst_thing_to_happen_to_baseball/ |url-status= live |archive-date= August 23, 2007 |author= Charles P. Pierce |title= Why Scott Boras is the best (and worst) thing to happen to baseball |date= April 1, 2007 |periodical= Boston Globe Magazine }}</ref> The Jones decision remained the largest salary arbitration win for any player in history until 2008.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=3256452 |title= Howard's $10M win in arbitration sets new high-water mark |date= February 22, 2008 |periodical= Associated Press}}</ref> * In December, Boras and free agent Barry Bonds, the reigning National League MVP, surprised the San Francisco Giants by accepting the club's offer of salary arbitration.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=20011220&id=fo4NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MXADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4756,7006763 |title= Bonds accepts arbitration from Giants |date= December 20, 2001 |periodical= Associated Press}}</ref> Boras eventually negotiated a five-year, $90 million contract for the 37-year-old slugger.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/bonds-gets-90-million-us-from-giants-1.351777 |title= Bonds gets $90 million US from Giants |date= January 15, 2002 |periodical= CBC Sports}}</ref> * On December 22, Boras finalized a five-year, $65 million contract for Chan Ho Park with the Texas Rangers. The deal made Park one of the highest-paid pitchers in the game and team history at that time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/2001/1220/1299377.html|title=Rangers give Park five-year, $65 million deal|website=espn.com|last=Press|first=Associated|date=December 22, 2001}}</ref>

====2002==== * In December, for the second year in a row, a Boras free agent client surprised his former team by accepting salary arbitration. This time, it was Greg Maddux accepting the offer from the Atlanta Braves.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/20/sports/baseball-maddux-accepts-arbitration-to-return-to-the-braves.html |author= Murray Chass |title= Maddux Accepts Arbitration to Return to the Braves |date= December 20, 2002 |periodical= New York Times }}</ref> Boras eventually negotiated a record-breaking $14.75 million contract for the star pitcher. At the time, the contract was the largest one-year contract in baseball history.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/021803/bra_124-2420.shtml |title= Maddux agrees to record one-year contract worth $14.75 million |date= February 17, 2003 |periodical= Associated Press}}</ref>

====2003==== * In December, Boras was a part of complex multi-party negotiations that would have resulted in Alex Rodriguez being traded from the Texas Rangers to the Boston Red Sox. Boras and Rodriguez offered to accept $12 million in reduced salaries in return for marketing rights and the right for Rodriguez to be a free agent after the 2005 season. The trade was eventually vetoed by the MLBPA because it would have cost Rodriguez $30 million in previously guaranteed compensation, setting what the union considered a bad precedent regarding the renegotiation of guaranteed contracts.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/story/6935544 |title= Red Sox say A-Rod deal is dead; Lucchino blames union |date= December 18, 2003 |periodical= Associated Press}}</ref>

====2004==== * In February, Boras successfully negotiated the trade of Alex Rodriguez from the Texas Rangers to the New York Yankees. Once again, because of the complexity of Rodriguez's contract, several contractual modifications were necessary for the trade to happen. Unlike the contractual modifications involved in the unconsummated trade Boras negotiated in 2003, the contractual modifications involved in this trade did not sacrifice previously guaranteed compensation.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=1735937 |title= Selig gives blessing to mega-merger |date= February 17, 2004 |periodical= ESPN}}</ref>

* On December 16, following a breakout year and near-MVP season, Boras negotiated a five-year, $64 million contract for Adrian Beltre to sign with the Seattle Mariners.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/alex-bregman-cubs-contract|title=Beltre gets 5-year deal day after Sexson signs|website=ESPN.com|last=Press|first=Associated|date=December 16, 2004}}</ref> * Following the season, Boras negotiated a five-year, $55 million contract for J. D. Drew to play for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The contract included the right for Drew to opt out of the contract after two years, which he did after the 2006 season.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/story/9790726 |title= What's J.D. thinking? Dodgers' Drew opts for free-agency |date= November 9, 2006 |periodical= CBS Sports}}</ref>

====2005==== * In January, Boras negotiated his third contract with a value in excess of $100 million as Carlos Beltrán signed with the New York Mets for $119 million guaranteed over seven years.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0DEFD81638F931A25752C0A9639C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all |author= Jack Curry |title= Beltran Brings Great Hope To 'New Mets' |date= January 12, 2005 |periodical= The New York Times}}</ref>

====2006==== * In February, Boras won a salary arbitration hearing for Kyle Lohse for the second year in a row, defeating the Minnesota Twins and earning Lohse a raise to $3.95 million. Lohse became the first player to win back-to-back arbitration cases since 1991.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060216&content_id=1312949&vkey=news_min&fext=.jsp&c_id=min |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110617004757/http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060216&content_id=1312949&vkey=news_min&fext=.jsp&c_id=min |url-status= dead |archive-date= June 17, 2011 |author= Kelly Thesier |title= Lohse rewarded in arbitration case |date= February 16, 2006 |periodical= MLB.com}}</ref> * Following the season, Boras advised J. D. Drew to opt out of the final three years and $33 million remaining on his contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Boras then negotiated a five-year, $70 million contract for Drew with the Boston Red Sox. The contract was not finalized until January 26, 2007, because Boras and the Red Sox had to develop special contract language regarding potential injury to Drew's shoulder. Drew had the shoulder surgically repaired earlier in his career.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070125&content_id=1786686&vkey=news_bos&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070228220231/http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070125&content_id=1786686&vkey=news_bos&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos |url-status= dead |archive-date= February 28, 2007 |author= Ian Browne |title= Red Sox, Drew finalize deal |date=January 26, 2007 |periodical= MLB.com}}</ref> * On December 14, after weeks of speculation, public posturing, and intensely scrutinized negotiations, Boras finalized a six-year, $52 million contract for Japanese superstar pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka to play for the Boston Red Sox. Matsuzaka was not a free agent, as the Red Sox had paid an additional $51.1 million to his Japanese team for exclusive negotiating rights, meaning his only alternative to signing with the Red Sox was to return to Japan.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/14/sports/baseball/14redsox.html |author= Jack Curry |title= Red Sox Ready to Announce Matsuzaka Deal |date=December 14, 2006 |periodical= The New York Times}}</ref> * On December 28, Boras negotiated a record-breaking seven-year, $126 million contract with the San Francisco Giants for Barry Zito. The contract was the largest ever given to a pitcher in baseball history.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2710389 |title= Zito's Giants deal worth about $18M per year |date= December 29, 2006 |periodical= ESPN}}</ref>

====2007==== * The 2007 Collective Bargaining Agreement between Major League Baseball and the MLBPA imposed an August 15 deadline for draft picks to sign. This was in direct response to Boras's successful strategy of advising draft picks like Jason Varitek, J. D. Drew, Stephen Drew, Jered Weaver, Luke Hochevar and Max Scherzer to wait as long as possible to sign and marked at least the third time baseball rules were changed because of Boras.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20061024&content_id=1722380&vkey=pr_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=MLB, MLBPA reach five-year labor accord|website=Major League Baseball|access-date=October 28, 2017}}</ref> * On August 13, Boras finalized a record-breaking $7.3 million contract with the Detroit Tigers for the 27th overall draft pick, Rick Porcello. The four-year major league contract, which ended up paying Porcello over $10 million, was the largest contract ever given to a high school player.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070815&content_id=2150111&vkey=news_det&fext=.jsp&c_id=det&partnered=rss_det |author= Jason Beck |title= Tigers sign Porcello, two other picks |date= August 15, 2007 |periodical= MLB.com}}</ref> * On October 28, Boras client Alex Rodriguez exercised his right to opt out of Rodriguez's original 10-year, $252 million contract with the New York Yankees, with three years and $72 million remaining.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=3084583 |title= Rodriguez opts out of $252 million, 10-year contract with Yanks |date= October 29, 2007 |periodical= The Associated Press}}</ref> Boras and Rodriguez were criticized for the timing of the decision, which leaked during Game 4 of the 2007 World Series.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/2008/09/06/2008-09-06_a_year_after_alex_rodriguez_debacle_scot.html |author= Michael O'Keeffe |title= This Man Has (Base) Balls |date= September 7, 2008 |periodical= New York Daily News}}</ref> Rodriguez met with Yankees officials in Miami, and afterward Rodriguez instructed Boras to finalize a record-breaking 10-year, $275 million contract.<ref name=ARodYankees>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/16/sports/baseball/16yankees.html |author=Tyler Kepner |title=Yankees May Pay Rodriguez for Home Run Record |date=November 16, 2007 |periodical= The New York Times}}</ref> Boras and the Yankees then crafted a series of unique marketing bonuses that would pay Rodriguez an additional $30 million for tying and surpassing Willie Mays, Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, and Barry Bonds on the all-time home run list.<ref name=ARodYankees/> The high-profile opt-out and negotiations strained Boras and Rodriguez's relationship, and Rodriguez hired Madonna's manager to be his marketing representative. Boras retained his role as Rodriguez's baseball agent and later reported that their relationship was "repaired".<ref>{{cite news |url= https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=6182903 |author= Ron Blum |title= Boras Says Relationship With A-Rod Repaired |date= November 4, 2008 |periodical= The Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://variety.com/2007/scene/markets-festivals/a-rod-bats-for-oseary-s-team-1117977876/ | work=Variety | title=A-Rod bats for Oseary's team | first=Phil | last=Gallo | date=December 17, 2007}}</ref> * On December 6, Boras client Andruw Jones signed a two-year, $36.2 million deal to join the Los Angeles Dodgers. Jones was coming off a down year where his batting average had fallen to .222. However, after a miserable 2008 season, Boras would negotiate a buyout for Jones.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2007/12/06/dodgers-andruw|title=Andruw Jones heading to Hollywood|website=si.com|last=Staff|first=SI|date=December 6, 2007}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=3836749|title=Dodgers release Jones |website=espn.com|last=Press|first=Associated|date=January 15, 2009}}</ref>

====2008==== * On July 31, Boras negotiated away the option years on Manny Ramirez's contract with the Boston Red Sox as part of Ramirez's trade to the Los Angeles Dodgers, making Ramirez a free agent two years early.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2008-07-31-ramirez-trade_N.htm |author= Bob Nightengale |title= Three-way deal sends Ramirez to Dodgers, Bay to Red Sox |date= August 1, 2008 |periodical= USA Today}}</ref> * On August 15, negotiations between Boras and the Pittsburgh Pirates regarding second overall draft pick Pedro Alvarez went beyond the midnight deadline for draft picks to sign. Major League Baseball unilaterally extended the deadline, and Boras and the MLBPA filed a grievance. After weeks of legal wrangling, Alvarez signed a major league contract for $6.355 million.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08266/914155-63.stm |author= Dejan Kovacevic |title= Pirates, Alvarez agree to revised contract |date= September 22, 2008 |periodical= Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}}</ref> * In December, Boras negotiated an eight-year, $180 million contract for Mark Teixeira with the New York Yankees, making Teixeira the highest-paid first baseman in baseball history and the third highest-paid player in all of baseball, behind only Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://nymag.com/news/sports/55674/ |author= Will Leitch |title= Boomball |date= March 29, 2009 |periodical= New York Magazine}}</ref>

====2009==== * In August, Boras negotiated the largest contract in draft history for first overall pick Stephen Strasburg, a $15.1 million major league contract with the Washington Nationals.<ref name=Strasburg/> * Several other Boras clients also signed record-breaking deals following the 2009 draft, including Donavan Tate's $6.25 million signing bonus with the San Diego Padres (the largest ever for a high school player), Jacob Turner's $4.7 million signing bonus with the Detroit Tigers (the largest ever given to a high school pitcher, part of a major league contract that could pay Turner an additional $4 million) and second-overall pick Dustin Ackley's $6 million signing bonus (tied for the largest upfront bonus in history, part of a major league contract worth up to $10 million with $7.5 million guaranteed).<ref name=Draft09/><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/draft/?p=1724 |author= Jim Callis |title= The Strasburg & Ackley Deals |date= August 17, 2009 |periodical= Baseball America}}</ref>

===2010s=== ====2010==== * In January, Boras negotiated a seven-year, $120 million contract with the St. Louis Cardinals for Matt Holliday. The contract was the largest contract in team history.<ref>{{cite magazine |url= http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/baseball/mlb/01/05/heyman.holliday/index.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100417025706/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/baseball/mlb/01/05/heyman.holliday/index.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= April 17, 2010 |author= Jon Heyman |title= Holliday reaches mega-deal with Cardinals |date= January 5, 2010 |magazine= Sports Illustrated}}</ref> * In August, Boras brokered a record five-year, $9.9 million deal for the #1 overall pick in the draft, 17-year-old Bryce Harper, with the Washington Nationals. It marked the second year in a row that Boras and the Nationals had collaborated on a record deal for the top overall pick in the draft.<ref name=Harper>{{cite news |url= https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ilQUkcw2UNP_KPEgGtWjM07LnNGgD9HL38LG0 |author= Howard Fendrich |title= Nationals, top pick Bryce Harper agree at $9.9M |date= August 17, 2010 |periodical= The Associated Press}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Harper's contract set a new standard for position players in the draft, breaking the previous record held by Boras's deal for Mark Teixeira in 2001.<ref name=Harper/> Like fellow Boras client Landon Powell in 2000, Harper earned his GED early in order to enter the draft sooner than would otherwise have been possible.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.lvrj.com/sports/48018907.html |author= Matt Youmans |title= Harper ready to give college try |date= June 14, 2009 |periodical= Las Vegas Review-Journal}}</ref> * Other Boras clients who signed high-profile contracts at the top of the draft included #3 overall pick Manny Machado, #4 overall pick Christian Colon, #7 overall pick Matt Harvey, #24 overall pick Gary Brown, and Anthony Ranaudo.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100816&content_id=13542314&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |author= Jonathan Mayo |title= Draft picks procured as deadline dust settles |date= August 17, 2010 |periodical= MLB.com}}</ref> * On December 5, Boras negotiated a seven-year, $126 million contract for Jayson Werth with the Washington Nationals.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=5888329 |title= Jayson Werth signs with Nationals |date= December 5, 2010 |periodical= ESPN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.espn.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&page=rumblings100923 |author= Jayson Stark |title= Bud Selig gets the message |date= September 23, 2010 |periodical= ESPN}}</ref> The contract tied for the third largest in baseball history for an outfielder, trailing only Manny Ramirez's contract with the Boston Red Sox and Alfonso Soriano's contract with the Chicago Cubs.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/boras-seeking-insane-contract-for-werth-120510 |author= Ken Rosenthal |title= Boras gets insane contract for Werth |date= December 5, 2010 |periodical= Fox Sports}}</ref>

====2011==== * On January 5, Boras finished negotiations on a six-year, $96 million contract for Adrián Beltré with the Texas Rangers, the second major free agent contract of Beltré's career.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/story/14500406/Beltré-al-champion-rangers-close-on-contract/rss |title= Beltré, Rangers agree to six-year, $96 million deal |date= January 4, 2011 |periodical= CBS Sports}}</ref> Beltré previously signed for five years and $64 million with the Mariners, starting with the 2005 season.<ref name=BeltreSeattle>{{cite news |url= https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=1947751 |title= Beltre gets 5-year deal day after Sexson signs |date= December 16, 2004 |periodical= Associated Press}}</ref> After that contract finished with an injury year for Beltré, Boras negotiated a one-year, $10 million contract with the Boston Red Sox for 2010 that included a player option for 2011.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/us-baseball-redsox-Beltr%C3%A9-idUSTRE6074SJ20100108 |title= Red Sox sign defensive wizard Beltré |date= January 8, 2010 |work= Reuters |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230408073036/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-baseball-redsox-Beltr%C3%A9-idUSTRE6074SJ20100108 |archive-date= April 8, 2023 |access-date= July 5, 2021 |url-status= bot: unknown }}</ref> Boras recommended that Beltré take a short-term deal, calling it a "pillow contract" that gave Beltré a soft landing while he restored his market value.<ref name=PillowContract>{{cite news |url= https://espn.go.com/blog/boston/red-sox/post/_/id/34/boras-recommended-Beltré-take-short-term-deal |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130729120318/http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/red-sox/post/_/id/34/boras-recommended-Beltr%C3%A9-take-short-term-deal |url-status= dead |archive-date= July 29, 2013 |author= Gordon Edes |title= Boras recommended Beltré take short-term deal |date= January 9, 2010 |periodical= ESPN}}</ref> Boras's inclusion of a player option allowed Beltré to play without fear of injury (what Boras called a "calamity scenario"), since at worst Beltré could exercise the option and guarantee himself $5 million for 2011.<ref name=PillowContract/> Beltré proved not to need the insurance, as he was an All-Star for Boston, finishing 9th in AL MVP voting.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/sports/red_sox/index.php/2010/11/23/Beltré-finished-9th-in-al-mvp-balloting/ |author= Scott Lauber |title= Hamilton crowned AL MVP; Beltré finishes 9th in balloting |date= November 23, 2010 |periodical= Boston Herald}}</ref> Following the season Beltré declined the option, which had doubled to $10 million once he hit 640 plate appearances.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/story/14235754/bosox-decline-option-on-their-best-2010-hitter-Beltré/rss |title= Beltré declines $10M option to stay with BoSox next year |date= November 3, 2010 |periodical= CBS Sports}}</ref> Beltré and Boras then leveraged the former's rebound season into an additional year and $32 million more from the Rangers than he had received from the Mariners in 2004, even though he entered the Rangers contract six years older.

* On January 11, Boras negotiated a seven-year, $80 million contract extension for Carlos González with the Colorado Rockies. The extension was unusual given that Gonzalez was not eligible for salary arbitration until after the 2012 season and not a free agent until after the 2014 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcsports.com/mlb/news/details-of-carlos-gonzalezs-seven-year-contract-with-rockies|title=Details of Carlos Gonzalez’s seven-year contract with Rockies|website=nbcsports.com|last=Gleeman|first=Aaron|date=January 11, 2011}}</ref> * On January 15, Boras completed a three-year, $35 million contract for Rafael Soriano to pitch for the New York Yankees.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.espn.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=6020119 |title= Source: Rafael Soriano, Yanks agree |date= January 15, 2011 |periodical= ESPN}}</ref> The deal was notable for Soriano's right to opt out of the contract following each season, effectively giving Soriano the power to leave the Yankees and seek a larger contract elsewhere without sacrificing the full guaranteed value should he suffer injury or poor performance.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/14/nice-work-by-scott-boras-on-the-rafael-soriano-deal/ |author= Craig Calcaterra |title= Nice work by Scott Boras on the Rafael Soriano deal |date= January 14, 2011 |periodical= NBC Sports}}</ref> Soriano would use this to opt out following the 2012 season. * On January 18, Boras negotiated a one-year arbitration settlement for Prince Fielder with the Milwaukee Brewers that paid him $15.5 million in 2011, his last year of arbitration eligibility.<ref name=FielderRecord>{{cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/us-baseball-brewers-fielder-idUSTRE70H69420110118 |title= Fielder gets record $15.5 million deal with Brewers |date= January 18, 2011 |periodical= Reuters}}</ref> The settlement was the largest single-season arbitration contract in Major League history, 24% larger than the previous record of $12.5 million, negotiated by Boras for Mark Teixeira in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=6033892 |agency=Associated Press |title= Brewers, Prince Fielder reach deal |date= January 19, 2011 |periodical= ESPN}}</ref> It also made Fielder the highest-paid player in Brewers history.<ref name=FielderRecord/> * On March 7, former University of Kentucky baseball player James Paxton signed with the Seattle Mariners for $942,500.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/03/mariners-to-sign-james-paxton.html |author= Ben Nicholson-Smith |title= Mariners Sign James Paxton |date= March 7, 2011 |periodical= MLB Trade Rumors}}</ref> Paxton had previously sued Kentucky over the NCAA's demand (through the school) that he reveal the contents of his conversations with Boras, an attorney.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/04/the-ncaa-makes-its-own-rules-and-can-do-what-it-wants-to-do/ |author= Craig Calcaterra |title= The NCAA makes its own rules and can do what it wants to do |date= December 4, 2009 |periodical= Hardball Talk}}</ref> The issue arose because Toronto Blue Jays President Paul Beeston suggested in a media interview that he had communicated with Boras regarding Paxton. Paxton refused to submit to the interview sought by the NCAA, citing the due process protections in the UK's student code of conduct. Under threat from the NCAA, the school refused to clear Paxton to play.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/04/1044559/uk-pitcher-sues-university.html |author= Ashlee Clark |title= UK pitcher sues university |date= December 4, 2009 |periodical= Lexington Herald-Leader}}</ref> Paxton had previously turned down approximately $874,000 from the Blue Jays before signing with the Mariners.<ref>{{cite news |title=Early word out of Az LHP James Paxton rec'd bonus under $1 M US somewhere in the $900,000 range. Jays slot offer in '09 was around $873,900 |url= https://twitter.com/elliottbaseball/status/44527628094418944 |author= Bob Elliott (Toronto Sun) |date= March 6, 2011 |periodical= Twitter}}</ref> * On June 6, Gerrit Cole was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates with the first overall pick in the draft, marking the third consecutive year a player advised by Boras was selected first overall. (Stephen Strasburg was selected #1 in 2009, followed by Bryce Harper in 2010.)<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11158/1151922-63-0.stm |author= Bill Brink |title= Pirates select Gerrit Cole with their No. 1 pick |date= June 7, 2011 |periodical= Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}}</ref> On August 15, Boras negotiated an all-time record bonus of $8 million for Cole, surpassing the $7.5 million Boras had negotiated for Strasburg in 2009.<ref name="2011DraftSummary">{{cite news |url= http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/draft/news/2011/2612233.html |author= Jim Callis |title= No Matter The Slots, Teams Spent Freely In 2011 |date= August 18, 2011 |periodical= Baseball America}}</ref> * Also on August 15, Boras negotiated a record contract for Bubba Starling, a high school phenom with a football scholarship to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, who was selected fifth overall by the Kansas City Royals.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.kansascity.com/2011/06/08/2937385/boras-wont-make-starling-negotiations.html |author= Sam Mellinger |title= Boras won't make Starling negotiations easy for Royals |date= June 8, 2011 |periodical= The Kansas City Star}}</ref> Starling received a $7.5 million signing bonus, the second largest in draft history (behind only the bonus Boras negotiated for Cole, and tied with the bonus Boras negotiated for Strasburg).<ref name=2011DraftSummary/> Starling's bonus was also the largest ever for a high school player (surpassing the $6.5 million bonus Boras negotiated for Tate in 2009), and the largest ever for a high school player (surpassing Tate and Harper).<ref name=2011DraftSummary/> His contract also represented the most guaranteed money ever given to a high school player (surpassing Porcello).<ref name=2011DraftSummary/>

====2012==== * On January 24, Boras secured a nine-year, $214 million contract for Prince Fielder with the Detroit Tigers, the fourth-largest contract ever for a baseball player.<ref name=Fielder>{{cite news |url= https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/7498284/source-detroit-tigers-land-prince-fielder-nine-year-214-million-deal |author= ESPN.com |title= Source: Tigers to sign Prince Fielder |date= January 24, 2012 |periodical= ESPN}}</ref> The deal surprised many in the industry with its length, its size, and the identity of the signing team, as it had appeared that Boras might be boxed in by a lukewarm market for Fielder.<ref name=FielderTerms>{{cite news |url= http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/baseball/mlb/01/26/tigers-fielder-contract.ap/index.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120129092603/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/baseball/mlb/01/26/tigers-fielder-contract.ap/index.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= January 29, 2012 |agency=Associated Press |title= Fielder's deal with Tigers pays big money up-front |date= January 25, 2012 |periodical= Associated Press}}</ref><ref name=FielderSurprise>{{cite news |url= http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120124&content_id=26452690&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb |author= Jason Beck |title= Prince, Tigers reach nine-year deal |date= January 24, 2012 |periodical= MLB.com}}</ref><ref name=FielderOlney>{{cite news |url= https://insider.espn.com/blog/buster-olney/ |author= Buster Olney |title= The Ripple Effects of Fielder's Deal |date= January 25, 2012 |periodical= ESPN}}</ref> * On December 10, Boras completed a six-year, $36 million contract for Hyun-Jin Ryu with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Ryu had been pitching for the Hanwha Eagles in Korea, and the Dodgers paid $25.7 million for the exclusive right to sign him. Ryu's contract also contained innings bonuses worth up to $1 million per year and other salary escalators. Ryu could also opt out of the contract if the Dodgers traded him, or after the 2017 season if he had reached 750 career innings pitched.<ref name=RyuDodgers>{{cite news |url= https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-xpm-2012-dec-09-la-sp-dodgers-20121210-story.html |title= Dodgers continue spending binge, sign Korean pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin |author= Dylan Hernandez |date= December 9, 2012 |periodical= Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

====2013==== * In March, Boras secured an eight-year, $120 million extension for Elvis Andrus with the Texas Rangers.<ref name=AndrusExtension1>{{cite news |url= https://www.espn.com/dallas/mlb/story/_/id/9134532/elvis-andrus-texas-rangers-signs-8-year-120m-extension |title= Elvis Andrus signs 8-year extension |author= Todd Willis |date= April 4, 2013 |periodical= ESPN.com}}</ref> The contract covered the 2013–2022 seasons. Andrus would otherwise have been a free agent after the 2014 season. Both Rangers GM Jon Daniels and Boras called the contract "unusual."<ref name=AndrusExtension1 /> It contained a vesting option that could raise the value to $135 million over nine years. It also allowed Andrus to opt out following the 2018 and 2019 seasons, when he would be 29 or 30 years old. Andrus also received no-trade protection and award bonuses worth up to $800,000 per year.<ref name=AndrusExtension2>{{cite news |url= http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/43698840/breaking-down-the-elvis-andrus-contract-extension-with-texas-rangers-what-it-means-for-jurickson-profar |title= Why did the Rangers give Elvis Andrus so much money? |author= Jonathan Bernhardt |date= April 2, 2013 |periodical= Sports on Earth}}</ref> * In June, Boras advised four first-round draft picks: Mark Appel, Kris Bryant, Sean Manaea, and Michael Lorenzen.<ref name=Draft2013>{{cite news |url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/darrenheitner/2013/06/07/scott-boras-dominates-day-1-of-mlb-draft-advising-mark-appel-and-kris-bryant/ |title= Scott Boras Dominates Day 1 Of MLB Draft, Advising Mark Appel And Kris Bryant |author= Darren Heitner |date= June 7, 2013 |periodical= Forbes}}</ref> * Boras negotiated a $6.35 million bonus for Mark Appel, who was selected by the Houston Astros as the #1 overall draft pick. The bonus more than doubled the bonus that Appel had turned down from the Pirates the year before.<ref name=AppelDraftAstros>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.si.com/si-wire/2013/06/16/astros-mark-appel-bonus |title= Report: Mark Appel signs with Astros for a bonus of $6.35 million |author= Erin Weaver |date= June 16, 2013 |magazine= Sports Illustrated}}</ref> * Boras also negotiated the largest bonus received by any player in the draft ($6,708.400). That amount was received by Kris Bryant, who was selected #2 by the Cubs.<ref name=BryantDraft>{{cite news |url= https://www.foxnews.com/sports/chicago-cubs-finalize-deal-with-third-baseman-kris-bryant-no-2-overall-pick-in-amateur-draft |title= Chicago Cubs finalize deal with third baseman Kris Bryant, No 2 overall pick in amateur draft |agency=Associated Press |date= July 12, 2013 |periodical= Fox News}}</ref> * On December 3, Boras negotiated a seven-year, $153 million contract for Red Sox center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury to join the rival New York Yankees. An option year could raise the total value to $169 million over eight years. The Red Sox had offered Ellsbury a below-market $100 million contract and were outbid by the Yankees in an echo of Johnny Damon's 2005 deal. Both were top-of-the-order outfielders represented by Boras, fresh off a championship with Boston.<ref name=EllsburyYankees>{{cite news |url= http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/writer/jon-heyman/24325803/ellsbury-getting-close-to-a-sevenyear-deal-with-the-yankees |title= Jacoby Ellsbury, Yankees agree to seven-year, $153M deal |author= Jon Heyman |date= December 3, 2013 |periodical= CBS Sports}}</ref> Mainstream media described the deal as a "monster" and "brain-melting."<ref name=EllsburyMonster>{{cite news |url= https://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/source-ellsbury-agrees-to-monster-deal-with-yankees-120313 |title= Source: Ellsbury agrees to monster deal with Yankees |author= Fox Sports |date= December 3, 2013 |periodical= Fox Sports}}</ref> * On December 21, Boras completed a seven-year, $130 million contract for free agent Shin-Soo Choo with the Texas Rangers.<ref name=ChooRangers>{{cite news |url= https://www.espn.com/dallas/mlb/story/_/id/10176085/texas-rangers-sign-shin-soo-choo-7-year-deal |title= Rangers land OF Shin-Soo Choo |author= Jerry Crasnick |date= December 21, 2013 |periodical= ESPN}}</ref> Choo became the first player without an All-Star appearance to sign a contract worth $100 million or more.<ref name=ChooValue>{{cite news |url= http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/writer/jon-heyman/23841395/is-choo-a-100m-player-boras-suggests-that-figure-is-actually-low |title= Is Choo a $100M player? Boras suggests that figure is actually low |author= Jon Heyman |date= September 25, 2013 |periodical= CBS Sports}}</ref>

====2014==== * Two Boras free agent clients, Stephen Drew and Kendrys Morales, did not sign until late May and early June respectively. Both players were subject to draft pick compensation under MLB rules, dampening their market. Boras criticized the compensation rules, while the MLBPA launched an investigation into team conduct.<ref name=OlneyInvestigation>{{cite news |url= http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/04/11/tony-clark-decries-an-espn-story-in-which-executives-speculate-about-stephen-drew-and-kendrys-morales-value/ |title= Tony Clark decries an ESPN story in which executives speculate about Stephen Drew and Kendrys Morales' value |author= Craig Calcaterra |date= April 11, 2014 |periodical= NBC Sports}}</ref> The rules, which Boras dismissed as "corrupt" the previous winter, also hurt the market for players Boras did not represent, like Nelson Cruz, Ubaldo Jiménez, and Ervin Santana. All three signed one-year deals before the start of the 2014 regular season.<ref name=CruzJimenezSantana>{{cite news |url= https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/10607888/agent-scott-boras-says-kendrys-morales-stephen-drew-willing-wait-long-term-deals |title= Boras: Drew, Morales willing to wait |author= Jerry Crasnick |date= March 14, 2014 |periodical= ESPN}}</ref> That meant all three were again exposed to the draft pick compensation rules following the 2014 season. By waiting to sign, Drew and Morales avoided any draft pick compensation following the 2014 season.<ref name=CruzJimenezSantana2>{{cite news |url= https://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/compensation-free-agents-may-hold-out-until-after-june-draft-022314 |title= Compensation free agents may hold out until after June draft |author= Ken Rosenthal |date= February 23, 2014 |periodical= Fox Sports}}</ref> * Boras negotiated the largest bonus of any player in the draft for Carlos Rodón, who received $6.582 million from the Chicago White Sox as the #3 selection in the draft.<ref name=RodonDraft>{{cite news |url= http://www.baseballamerica.com/draft/white-sox-sign-carlos-rodon-largest-bonus-2014-draft/ |title= White Sox Sign Carlos Rodon To Largest Bonus In 2014 Draft |author= John Manuel |date= July 10, 2014 |periodical= Baseball America}}</ref>

====2015==== * On January 19, Boras negotiated a 7-year, $210 million contract with the Washington Nationals for free agent Max Scherzer,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/12190547/max-scherzer-closing-new-multiyear-contract|title=Reports: Scherzer, Nats agree on $210M deal|website=ESPN.go.com|date=January 18, 2015|access-date=October 28, 2017}}</ref> who turned down at least $144 million from the Detroit Tigers before the 2014 season.<ref name=ScherzerTigers>{{cite news |url= https://sports.yahoo.com/news/why-max-scherzer-turning-down-insane-money-makes-perfect-sense-045448374.html |title= Why Max Scherzer turning down insane money makes perfect sense |author= Jeff Passan |date= March 24, 2014 |periodical= Yahoo! Sports}}</ref> Boras helped Scherzer secure insurance against an injury suffered before free agency.<ref name=ScherzerInsurance>{{cite news |url= https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/big-league-stew/max-scherzer-takes-out-injury-insurance-policy-180411853.html |title= Max Scherzer takes out insurance policy after turning down $144 million extension |author= Mark Townsend |date= June 8, 2014 |periodical= Yahoo! Sports}}</ref>

====2016====

* On January 5, Boras secured a seven year, $161 million deal for his client Chris Davis to return to the Baltimore Orioles. {{As of|2026|February}}, the contract is the richest free agent deal given out by the club.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/chris-davis-orioles-agree-to-deal-c162090470|title=Source: Davis agrees to 7-year, $161M pact with O's|website=MLB.com|last=Ghiroli|first=Brittany |date=January 16, 2016}}</ref> Five years after the signing the contract in August 2021, Davis, dealing with injuries and a massive decline in performance, would retire from the sport after both sides agreed to restructure the deal to defer his payment through 2037.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Taranto |first=Steven |date=August 15, 2021 |title=Chris Davis contract: Orioles slugger will receive Bobby Bonilla-Mets treatment with $42M in deferred payments |url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/chris-davis-contract-orioles-slugger-will-receive-bobby-bonilla-mets-treatment-with-42m-in-deferred-payments/ |access-date=July 26, 2023 |website=CBSSports.com |language=en}}</ref> * On January 7, Boras client Denard Span would agree to a three year, $31 million deal with the San Francisco Giants. The contract included a team option for 2019, which was declined following his stint with the Seattle Mariners via a trade, and Span would ultimately retire in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/14526051/denard-span-agrees-deal-san-francisco-giants|title=Denard Span agrees to three-year deal with Giants|website=espn.com|last=news services|first=ESPN.com|date=January 7, 2016}}</ref> * On May 9, Boras secured a seven-year, $175 million deal extension with Stephen Strasburg and the Washington Nationals. Strasburg would have been a free agent following the 2016 season. The contract included a player option after the 2019 season that Strasburg would exercise following his MVP performance in the 2019 World Series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/15496192/stephen-strasburg-washington-nationals-agree-7-year-175m-extension|title=Stephen Strasburg, Nats agree to 7-year, $175M extension|website=espn.com|last=Matz|first=Eddie|date=May 9, 2016}}</ref>

====2017====

====2018====

* On February 17, Boras secured an 8-year, $144 million dollar deal for first baseman Eric Hosmer to join the San Diego Padres. The deal was at that time the largest contract in franchise history until Manny Machado shattered it the next year. Hosmer's deal was back-loaded and had a full no-trade clause for the first three seasons followed by limited trade protection afterwards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/padres-to-sign-eric-hosmer-c266674754|title=Padres make 8-year deal with Hosmer official |website=MLB.com|last=Cassavell|first=AJ|date=February 17, 2018}}</ref>

* On February 25, Boras and the Boston Red Sox finalized a 5-year, $110 million dollar deal for designated hitter J.D. Martinez. The deal was heavily front-loaded and had multiple opt-out clauses.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/22584613/boston-red-sox-officially-sign-jd-martinez-5-year-deal-2022|title=J.D. Martinez says he never feared 5-year deal with Red Sox would fall apart|website=ESPN.com|language=en|access-date=2018-02-26}}</ref> * On March 11, 2015 NL Cy Young Award winner Jake Arrieta signed a 3-year, $75 million contract extension with the Philadelphia Phillies. The deal was also front-loaded and included a player option after the 2019 season. The Phillies also had an option to void Arrieta's opt-out clause by giving Arrieta a two-year extension starting at $20 million/year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/phillies-sign-cy-young-winner-jake-arrieta-c268457880|title=Phillies sign Arrieta to multiyear deal|website=MLB.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-11}}</ref> * On March 19, reigning AL MVP and second baseman Jose Altuve signed a 5-year, $151 million contract extension with the Houston Astros. The deal was the largest in team history and included a full no-trade clause.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/jose-altuve-astros-finalize-extension-c269099014|title=Altuve, Astros excited by new agreement |website=MLB.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-19}}</ref>

====2019====

* On February 28, Boras negotiated a then-MLB-record 13-year, $330 million<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/28/bryce-harper-signs-a-record-breaking-330-mill-deal-with-the-phillies.html|title=Bryce Harper has signed a record-breaking $330 million 13-year contract with the Philadelphia Phillies|last=Hess|first=Abigail|date=2019-02-28|website=CNBC|language=en|access-date=2019-05-12}}</ref> contract with the Philadelphia Phillies for free agent Bryce Harper. This contract was not only significant for its record-breaking value, but also its inclusion of a no-trade clause and the absence of any opt-out clauses.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://calltothepen.com/2019/03/01/philadelphia-phillies-get-bryce-harper-commit-without-opt-outs/|title=Philadelphia Phillies get Bryce Harper to commit without opt-outs|last=ago|first=Ben Fadden 2 months|date=2019-03-01|website=Call to the Pen|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-12}}</ref> Nineteen days later, Mike Trout's contract extension broke the record set by Harper's contract.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mike-trout-finalizing-12-year-430-million-extension-with-angels-report-says/|title=Mike Trout reaches record-breaking 12-year, $430 million extension with Angels|website=CBSSports.com|date=March 21, 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-05-12}}</ref> *On April 1, Boras negotiated a 6-year, $120 million contract extension for shortstop Xander Bogaerts with the Boston Red Sox. Bogaerts would previously have been a free agent following the 2019 season. The deal included a player option after the 2022 season, which Bogaerts did use.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/xander-bogaerts-red-sox-extension|title=Bogaerts, Red Sox complete 6-year extension|work=The Athletic|first=Ian|last=Browne|date=April 1, 2019|access-date=December 30, 2025}}</ref> *On December 9, Boras negotiated what was at the time the largest contact for a pitcher in both total value and average annual value at $245 million over 7 years with the Washington Nationals for free agent Stephen Strasburg. The contract beat out David Price's $217 million contract in total value and Zack Greinke's $31.5 million per year contract in average annual value. The contract had a full no-trade clause and $80 million in deferred payments to be paid by 2029.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/stephen-strasburg-deal-with-nationals|title=Strasburg to Nationals on record 7-year deal|last=Footer|first=Alyson|website=MLB.com|language=en|access-date=2019-12-12}}</ref> *On December 10, Boras once again set records when he landed free agent Gerrit Cole a contract with the New York Yankees worth $324 million over 9 years. This contract became the largest ever given to a pitcher in terms of total salary and average annual value, beating out Stephen Strasburg at $36 million/year. It also became the fourth largest contract in MLB history. The contract includes a full no-trade clause as well as a player option after the 2024 season. Cole initially attempted to exercise the opt-out clause, but decided to stay under the original contract after having discussions with the team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/11/gerrit-cole-agrees-to-historic-324-million-deal-with-yankees-reports.html|title=Gerrit Cole agrees to historic $324 million deal with Yankees, reports say|website=CNBC|date=December 11, 2019}}</ref> *On December 11, Boras signed free agent third baseman Anthony Rendon to a 7-year, $245 million contract with the Los Angeles Angels. After the conclusion of the 2025 season, the Angels and Rendon agreed to a restructuring of his contract, marking an end to his tenure with the team. Rendon would receive the remaining $38 million of his contract in deferred payments over the following three to five years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6929813/2025/12/30/anthony-rendon-angels-buyout-mlb/|title=Anthony Rendon agrees to restructuring of Angels contract: Source|work=The Athletic|first=Sam|last=Blum|date=December 30, 2025|access-date=December 30, 2025}}</ref> *On December 27, left-handed Korean starting pitcher Hyun-jin Ryu signed a 4-year, $80 million contract with the Toronto Blue Jays.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/bluejays/news/hyun-jin-ryu-deal-with-blue-jays|title=Blue Jays announce 4-year deal with Ryu|website=MLB.com|language=en|access-date=2019-12-28}}</ref> With this signing, Boras's clients had signed contracts totaling more than $1 billion ($1,013,500,000) in December.<ref name=":0" />

===2020s=== ====2020====

====2021==== * On November 28, Boras client Marcus Semien<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/10/marcus-semien-switches-agencies-hires-boras-corporation.html|title=Marcus Semien Switches Agencies, Hires Boras Corporation|first=Mark|last=Polishuk|date=October 28, 2021|website=MLB Trade Rumors}}</ref> agreed to a 7-year, $175 million contract with the Texas Rangers.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Semien, Rangers agree to 7-yr. deal (source)|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/marcus-semien-rangers-deal|access-date=2021-11-28|website=MLB.com|language=en}}</ref> * On November 29, Boras client Max Scherzer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/06/boras-scherzer-wouldnt-waive-no-trade-rights-without-extension.html|title=Boras: Scherzer Wouldn't Waive No-Trade Clause Without Extension|first=Anthony|last=Franco|date=June 28, 2021|website=MLB Trade Rumors}}</ref> agreed to a 3-year, $130 million contract with the New York Mets with an opt-out after 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/report-mets-agree-to-deal-with-max-scherzer-make-biggest-splash-in-mlb-spending-frenzy-171122252.html|title=Yahoo Sports Report: Mets agree to record-smashing 3-year, $130M deal with Max Scherzer|publisher=Yahoo! Sports|first=Zach|last=Crizer|date=November 29, 2021|access-date=March 12, 2022}}</ref> * On November 29, Boras client Corey Seager<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2950576-ranking-the-top-10-landing-spots-for-dodgers-corey-seager-in-mlb-free-agency|title=Ranking the Top 10 Landing Spots for Dodgers' Corey Seager in MLB Free Agency|first=Zachary |last=Rymer|website=bleacherreport.com|date=November 21, 2021}}</ref> agreed to a 10-year, $325 million contract with the Texas Rangers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2021/11/29/texas-rangers-corey-seager-contract-free-agency-former-world-series-mvp|title=Report: Rangers Agree to 10-Year, $325 Million Deal With SS Corey Seager|publisher=Sports Illustrated|first=Nick|last=Selbe|date=November 29, 2021|access-date=March 12, 2022}}</ref>

==== 2022 ==== * On March 16, Boras client Kris Bryant<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/03/rockies-to-sign-kris-bryant.html|title=Rockies Sign Kris Bryant|first=Anthony|last=Franco|date=March 18, 2022|website=MLB Trade Rumors}}</ref> agreed to a 7-year, $182 million contract with the Colorado Rockies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2022/03/17/rockies-kris-bryant-contract-repeat-history|title=Rockies Repeat History, Seemingly Expecting a Different Result|publisher=Sports Illustrated|first=Nick|last=Selbe|date=March 17, 2022|accessdate=December 8, 2022}}</ref> * On March 18, Boras client Carlos Correa<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/33096549/free-agent-carlos-correa-hires-scott-boras-represent-him|title=Free agent Correa hires Boras to represent him|date=January 19, 2022|website=ESPN.com}}</ref> agreed to a 3-year, $105.3 million contract with the Minnesota Twins with opt-outs after 2022 and 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/33543369/sources-carlos-correa-minnesota-twins-agree-3-year-1053-million-deal-opt-outs|title=Sources: Carlos Correa, Minnesota Twins agree to 3-year, $105.3 million deal with opt-outs|publisher=ESPN|date=March 18, 2022|accessdate=December 8, 2022}}</ref> * On December 7, Boras client Xander Bogaerts<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2022/12/scott-boras-says-xander-bogaerts-valuation-didnt-fit-red-sox-current-model.html|title=Scott Boras says Xander Bogaerts valuation didn’t fit Red Sox current model|last=Vautour|first=Matt com|date=December 16, 2022|website=masslive}}</ref> agreed to an 11-year, $280 million contract with the San Diego Padres.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/xander-bogaerts-and-padres-agree-on-an-11-year-contract-worth-280-million-per-reports/|title=Xander Bogaerts and Padres agree on an 11-year contract worth $280 million, per reports|work=CBS Sports|first=Mike|last=Axisa|date=December 7, 2022|accessdate=December 7, 2022}}</ref> * On December 8, Boras client Brandon Nimmo<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sny.tv/articles/mets-brandon-nimmo-scott-boras|title=Mets OF Brandon Nimmo hires Scott Boras as new agent ahead of free agency|website=sny.tv|date=January 10, 2022|last=Abriano|first=Danny}}</ref> agreed to an 8-year, $162 million contract with the New York Mets.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-free-agency-brandon-nimmo-returns-to-mets-on-8-year-162-million-deal-015109076.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACYj9p5GYhhhhhGB5hm73wbL8zViRzLBwATu7yRS6Db4Xda3MotRfViwUdJwV2FNhtW84q4k-mdtIMpHKEv3xsi6_WkgU6-xuNLDKxFcmqgQ0bBrT-5BK0AQi_R_vQNN9fN10vlingqsDMyw-PSsWQmxrFgy7YJ21faDjNRBN__6|title=MLB free agency: Brandon Nimmo returns to Mets on 8-year, $162 million deal|publisher=Yahoo! Sports|first=Jack|last=Baer|date=December 8, 2022|accessdate=December 8, 2022}}</ref> * On December 15, Boras client Carlos Rodón agreed to a 6-year, $162 million contract with the New York Yankees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/12/yankees-to-sign-carlos-rodon.html|title=Yankees Sign Carlos Rodon To Six-Year Deal|first=Anthony|last=Franco|date=December 21, 2022|website=MLB Trade Rumors}}</ref> * On December 16, Boras client Taijuan Walker agreed to a 4-year, $72 million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/taijuan-walker-phillies-deal|title=Phils agree to 4-year deal with Taijuan Walker|first=Todd|last=Zolecki|date=December 16, 2022|website=MLB Trade Rumors}}</ref>

==== 2023 ==== * On January 10, Boras client Carlos Correa agreed to a six-year, $200 million contract with the Minnesota Twins. The deal includes front-loaded vesting options ($25 million in 2029 to $10 million in 2032).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35425668/carlos-correa-passes-physical-twins-sources-say|title=Physical 'clarity' keeps Correa 'home' with Twins|date=January 11, 2023|website=ESPN.com}}</ref> Boras had previously secured a 13-year, $350 million dollar deal with the San Francisco Giants, but the deal fell through when the Giants discovered an ankle issue in Correa's medical reports. Boras then secured a 12-year, $315 million dollar deal with the New York Mets. However, the Mets too backed out of the deal after discovering the same ankle issues.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/carlos-correa-signing-why-free-agency-has-been-saga-of-incomplete-deals-unsure-owners-and-old-injuries/|title=Carlos Correa timeline: How star shortstop ended up back on Twins after incomplete deals with Mets and Giants|date=January 10, 2023|website=CBS.com}}</ref> * On December 12, Boras client Jung-hoo Lee<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/giants-introduce-jung-hoo-lee|title='An absolutely perfect fit': Giants officially introduce Lee|website=MLB.com|last=Guardado|first=Maria|date=December 15, 2023}}</ref> agreed to a six-year, $113 million contract with the San Francisco Giants with an opt-out after 2027. Lee's posting fee was $18.825 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5139416/2023/12/15/giants-jung-hoo-lee-contract-korea/|title=Breaking down the Giants' $132 million bet on Jung Hoo Lee: 'They paid for his ceiling' |website=theathletic.com|publisher=The Athletic|first=Andrew|last=Baggarly|date=December 15, 2023|access-date=December 29, 2023}}</ref>

==== 2024 ====

* On January 11, Boras client Juan Soto avoided salary arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $31 million deal with the New York Yankees. The deal was the highest for an arbitration-eligible player, beating out Shohei Ohtani's one-year $30 million deal, until Tarik Skubal broke it in 2026.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39289564/juan-soto-yankees-agree-record-31-million-salary-24|title=Juan Soto, Yankees agree to record $31 million salary for '24|website=espn.com|last=Gonzalez|first=Alden|date=January 11, 2024}}</ref> * On February 25, Boras client Cody Bellinger agreed to a three-year, $80 million contract to return to the Chicago Cubs. The deal included an opt-out after 2024 and 2025. Bellinger was coming off a successful 2023 season where he won the NL Comeback Player of the Year following 2 down years with the Dodgers, and had had to settle for a one-year deal with Chicago before 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.co.uk/mlb/story/_/id/39596106/cody-bellinger-cubs-agree-3-year-80-million-deal|title=Cody Bellinger's new deal with Chicago Cubs now official|date=December 28, 2024|website=ESPN.com}}</ref> * On March 3, Boras client Matt Chapman agreed to a one-year, $18 million contract with the San Francisco Giants. The deal included two player options for 2025 and 2026. It was considered surprisingly small for a player of Chapman's caliber, but came towards the end of a slow free agency process and against the backdrop of a qualifying offer attached to Chapman.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/giants/news/matt-chapman-giants-deal|title=Giants add free-agent 3B Chapman |website=MLB.com|last=Guardado|first=Maria|date=March 3, 2024}}</ref> * On March 29, Boras client Jordan Montgomery agreed to a one-year, $25 million contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks that included a vesting option for 2025; an option Montgomery would exercise. However on April 11, Montgomery fired Boras after stating that Boras had "butchered" his free agency. Montgomery would not make his season debut until April 19th, following getting reps in Triple A.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/jordan-montgomery-d-backs-deal |title=D-backs ink Montgomery to 1-year deal with player option |date=March 29, 2024 |website=MLB.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39921792/sources-diamondbacks-jordan-montgomery-drops-scott-boras |title=Sources: Diamondbacks' Jordan Montgomery drops Scott Boras |date=April 11, 2024 |website=ESPN.com}}</ref> * On September 4, Boras client Chapman agreed to a six-year, $151 million contract extension with the San Francisco Giants. The deal came shortly before his original one-year contract would have run out.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/matt-chapman-signs-6-year-deal-with-giants |title=Giants, Chapman agree to 6-year extension: 'This feels like home for me' |website=MLB.com |last=Guardado |first=Maria |date=September 5, 2024}}</ref> * On November 26, Boras client Blake Snell agreed to a five-year, $182 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The deal includes a club option for a sixth year at $10 million if Snell is on the IL longer than 90 days for a specific injury and is not traded. This contract comes after Snell opted out of a two-year, $62 million deal with the San Francisco Giants.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/blake-snell-reportedly-agrees-to-5-year-182-million-deal-with-dodgers-in-second-mlb-free-agency-go-around-040631955.html|title=Blake Snell reportedly agrees to 5-year, $182 million deal with Dodgers in second MLB free agency go-around|last=Baer|first=Jack |date=November 27, 2024|website=Yahoo Sports}}</ref> * On December 8, Boras client Juan Soto<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/winners-and-losers-of-juan-sotos-new-contract-mets-scott-boras-get-their-groove-back-yankees-blow-it/|title=Winners and losers of Juan Soto's new contract: Mets, Scott Boras get their groove back, Yankees blow it|date=December 9, 2024|website=CBS Sports}}</ref> agreed to a fifteen-year, $765 million contract with the New York Mets. The contract includes a player option after the 2029 season, but the Mets can void that option by raising Soto's AAV from $51 million to $55 million, which would take the contract value up to $805 million. {{As of|2026|February}}, the contract is the largest in the history of professional sports.<ref name="auto"/> * On December 27, Boras client Corbin Burnes agreed to a six-year, $210 million contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks with an opt-out after 2026.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/corbin-burnes-diamondbacks-54f070b171c7379ace8956ca71949fda|title=Corbin Burnes and Arizona Diamondbacks agree to $210 million, 6-year deal, AP source says|date=December 28, 2024|website=AP News}}</ref>

====2025====

* On February 15, Boras client Alex Bregman signed a three-year, $120 million contract with the Boston Red Sox. The deal included a player option after both the 2025 and 2026 seasons. Bregman exercised the option after the 2025 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/alex-bregman-red-sox-free-agent-contract|title=Bregman's 3-year, $120 million deal with Red Sox is official |website=MLB.com|last=Browne|first=Ian|date=February 15, 2025}}</ref>

* On December 2, Boras client Dylan Cease signed a club record seven-year, $210 million contract with the Toronto Blue Jays. The deal shattered the club's previous biggest free agent signing, a six-year, $150 million deal with George Springer. The deal includes an 8-team no-trade list, $64 million in deferred money from 2033-2043, and performance incentives.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/dylan-cease-blue-jays-deal|title=Cease signs largest free-agent contract in Blue Jays franchise history|website=MLB.com|last=Matheson|first=Keegan|date=December 2, 2025}}</ref> * On December 10, Boras client Pete Alonso signed a five-year, $155 million contract with the Baltimore Orioles. The deal came months after Alonso had opted out of the two-year, $54 million deal he had signed to return to the New York Mets the previous winter. The deal does not include any opt-outs, has an eight-team no-trade clause, and is the second largest deal given by the Orioles, trailing only Chris Davis' 2016 $161 million deal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/47267529/sources-alonso-finalizing-5-year-155m-deal-orioles|title=Sources: Alonso reaches 5-year, $155M deal with Orioles|website=ESPN.com|last=News Services|first=ESPN|date=December 10, 2025}}</ref>

==== 2026 ====

* On January 5, Boras client Tatsuya Imai signed a three-year, $54 million contract with the Houston Astros. The deal includes player opt-outs after the 2026 and 2027 seasons. Imai was posted by his former club, the Saitama Seibu Lions, and the Astros paid them nearly $10 million to get him.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/tatsuya-imai-astros-deal|title=Japanese righty Imai inks 3-year deal with Astros|website=MLB.com|last=McTaggart|first=Brian|date=January 5, 2026}}</ref> * On January 14, Boras client Alex Bregman signed a five-year, $175 million contract with the Chicago Cubs. The AAV of $35 million is the highest in Cubs history. The contract also includes $70 million in deferred money as well as a no-trade clause, and is the third highest total in club history behind the $184 million deal signed by Jason Heyward and $177 million deal signed by Dansby Swanson.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/alex-bregman-cubs-contract|title=Bregman signs 5-year, $175 million deal with Cubs|website=MLB.com|last=Bastian|first=Jordan|date=January 14, 2026}}</ref> * On January 21, Boras client Ranger Suarez signed a five-year, $130 million contract with the Boston Red Sox. The deal is heavily back-loaded and includes a mutual option in 2031 for $35 million. Should the option be declined, Suarez will receive a $10 million buyout. This deal came one week after the Red Sox had allowed Alex Bregman to opt out and leave in free agency.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/47682067/red-sox-finalize-five-year-130m-deal-lhp-ranger-suarez|title=Red Sox finalize five-year, $130M deal for LHP Ranger Suarez|website=espn.com|last=Press|first=Associated|date=January 21, 2026}}</ref> * On January 26, Boras client Cody Bellinger signed a five-year, $162.5 million contract deal to return to the New York Yankees. Bellinger had opted out of his previous contract with the team on November 3, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bellinger opts out, but 'absolutely' open to a return to the Bronx |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/cody-bellinger-opts-out-of-yankees-contract |access-date=2026-03-01 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref> The deal includes opt-outs after the 2027 and 2028 seasons as well as a full no-trade clause.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/47682955/sources-yankees-cody-bellinger-end-stalemate-5-year-deal|title=Sources: Yankees, Cody Bellinger end stalemate with 5-year deal|website=espn.com|last=Castillo|first=Jorge|date=January 21, 2026}}</ref> * On February 5, Boras and his client Tarik Skubal, the reigning back-to-back AL Cy Young Award winner, won their salary arbitration case against the Detroit Tigers. The Tigers offered a $19 million deal, but the three-person arbitration panel sided with Skubal and awarded him with a one-year, $32 million deal. The one-year, $32 million deal is not only the highest for a player eligible for arbitration, it shattered David Price's $19.75 million pitcher arbitration record from 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/47840462/sources-tarik-skubal-wins-arbitration-tigers-make-32m|title=Sources: Tarik Skubal wins arbitration over Tigers, to make $32M|website=espn.com|last=Passan|first=Jeff|date=February 5, 2026}}</ref>

==Personal life== Scott and his wife Jeanette Boras have been together since 1982 and married since 1985. They have three children.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.essentiallysports.com/mlb-baseball-news-everything-you-need-to-know-about-jeanette-boras-wife-of-the-most-powerful-sports-agent-in-the-world-scott-boras/|title= Everything You Need to Know About Jeanette Boras, Wife of the Most Powerful Sports Agent in the World – Scott Boras|first=Shrabana|last=Sengupta|access-date= August 31, 2025|date=January 1, 2024|work=essentiallysports.com}}</ref>

As part of the Boras Family Foundation charity, Boras has hosted an annual baseball tournament since 2013 called the Boras Baseball Classic. Originally made up of baseball teams from California and since 2017 including teams from Arizona, the tournament is a bracketed competition of elite high school teams, in which the athletes may showcase their skill to collegiate coaches and MLB scouts. As of 2025, the tournament has included over 5,000 Division l athletes and over 500 MLB draftees, including #1 overall draft picks Paul Skenes (2023), Spencer Torkelson (2020), Royce Lewis (2017), and Mickey Moniak (2016).<ref>{{cite web |url= https://borasclassic.com/about-us/|title=About Us - Boras Foundaation|access-date= August 31, 2025}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist|3}}

==External links== {{baseballstats| brm=boras-001sco}} *[http://www.borascorp.com Boras Corporation website] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060104001149/http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/B/Boras_Scott.stm Scott Boras] at Baseball Library

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