And in the words of Frank McCourt, negotiations will eventually resume "with a fresh start." In other words, there is no offer on the table from the Dodgers. And for the record, the Dodgers will not consider Scott Boras' counter-offer of two years, $45MM with no deferred payments.
Still, a lot of questions linger about how the negotiation process has transpired. For one, the Dodgers made each offer public. Each time an offer was made, the first thing the Dodgers did was take it to the media to get the information out there in public. But did they do it to keep the public informed, or was it something else?
According to one report, the Dodgers wanted to make sure Manny was fully aware of their offers. There is some suggestion, and suspicions, that based on the team's dealings with Boras in the past, he may not be notifying Manny of all the offers being made to him by the Dodgers. There is growing suspicion that Boras isn't necessarily negotiating on Manny's behalf, but rather for his own interests. McCourt didn't elaborate when he was asked about it, and Boras has not been heard from since yesterday. Obviously, we'll never know, so we can only make assumptions, which I am not at liberty to do.
Having said all that, there really is nothing new on the Manny front, but there is plenty of criticism and finger-pointing going around. And even once a deal is consumated, you can bet there will be plenty more to go around. But for the love of God, can we cut out the childish and immature shots at each other through the media, sit down like mature adults, and get this done and overwith, or simply move on from it? And, how about we get the player involved in the negotiations? You can bet that would speed things up and avoid any of the aforementioned suspicions.
In the meantime, all we can do is sit back and wait, and enjoy some Spring Training baseball. 'The Ranch' is officially open for business!
Still, a lot of questions linger about how the negotiation process has transpired. For one, the Dodgers made each offer public. Each time an offer was made, the first thing the Dodgers did was take it to the media to get the information out there in public. But did they do it to keep the public informed, or was it something else?
According to one report, the Dodgers wanted to make sure Manny was fully aware of their offers. There is some suggestion, and suspicions, that based on the team's dealings with Boras in the past, he may not be notifying Manny of all the offers being made to him by the Dodgers. There is growing suspicion that Boras isn't necessarily negotiating on Manny's behalf, but rather for his own interests. McCourt didn't elaborate when he was asked about it, and Boras has not been heard from since yesterday. Obviously, we'll never know, so we can only make assumptions, which I am not at liberty to do.
Having said all that, there really is nothing new on the Manny front, but there is plenty of criticism and finger-pointing going around. And even once a deal is consumated, you can bet there will be plenty more to go around. But for the love of God, can we cut out the childish and immature shots at each other through the media, sit down like mature adults, and get this done and overwith, or simply move on from it? And, how about we get the player involved in the negotiations? You can bet that would speed things up and avoid any of the aforementioned suspicions.
In the meantime, all we can do is sit back and wait, and enjoy some Spring Training baseball. 'The Ranch' is officially open for business!
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