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Are Boras clients worth the money?

By David Schoenfield
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Sunday, November 30, 2008

When Oakland A's pitcher Barry Zito hit the free-agent market following the 2006 season, his agent, Scott Boras, proclaimed Zito, then 28, would become baseball's best left-handed starter since Steve Carlton. He even produced a glossy, 74-page portfolio to show this possibility. "He will be baseball's next great ace," Boras told USA Today. "Barry could be one of the best left-handed pitchers of all time. Players like this are Maddux-esque." The San Francisco Giants apparently agreed. They s ...

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