Scott Boras always wins in the end: Carlos Correa gets $330M from Giants; Shortstop market has exploded; What's going on with the Red Sox? (Episode 716)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Baseball, Business

4.7 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Today’s word of the day is ’timing’ as in clockwork as great timing as in poor timing as in no better timing than to be a shortstop in MLB this offseason. Xander Bogaerts. PAID. Trea Turner. PAID. And now Carlos Correa. PAID! Scott Boras got it done. The San Francisco Giants went 13 years, $330M. What? Why? (31:35) Review: She Said. (36:30) What is going on in Boston? Are the Red Sox still the Red Sox? During the presser for Kenley Jansen, Chaim Bloom had to speak to the media about fan apathy. Bloom said some things that fans surely didn’t want to hear. (44:30) NPPOD. Some of you finally reached out yesterday! I appreciate that! Do something fun today. And if you can't think of anything fun, go and eat your favorite meal. Simple! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:35.1	Timing is the nothing personal word of the day. It is Wednesday, December 14, 2022. Timing,
0:57.1	what amazing timing, what terrible timing. It's how we define how we engage in an experience at the moment.
1:09.8	There is no better timing than to be a shortstop in Major League Baseball in the off season of
1:17.6	2022-23. Carlos Coreia is represented by Scott Boras, and I am telling you right now in minute
1:28.0	one of today's nothing personal. Here it goes, so hold on to your hats. Sit up straight,
1:33.6	turn the volume up, and say hello to my black blazer. Scott Boras, you win. You are the greatest
1:42.4	agent who ever represented Carlos Coreia. You had him do a one-year deal with Minnesota. You
1:50.6	pretended it was a three-year deal where you knew he'd opt out. You were aware that once the
1:55.4	collective bar in agreement got signed and we were a year past COVID, we were a year past the
2:00.8	labor unrest that there would be a market for short stops that had never existed ever, not with
2:08.4	standing Francisco Lindor getting 340 from the Metz, not with standing last year. Coreia
2:14.4	is getting 325 from the Texas Rangers. You were aware that there was going to be a market for a
2:21.2	shortstop who played only 136 games last year, who averaged only 112 games from 2016 to 2019.
2:32.0	You were aware that you had an opportunity to take advantage of the losers of the Aaron
2:39.9	Judge sweepstakes. Different position didn't matter. You understand timing better than almost
2:47.4	anyone in baseball. And my God are we full of suckers. While you were sleeping last night,
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