Scott Boras on Prince Fielder: "There’s a lot of passengers on the PF Flyer"
By Tim Ryan
So in summation, when stripped of its spin, the update on the Prince Fielder situation is that there is no update on the Prince Fielder situation. But now that we have a an unofficial whiff of the Nationals possibly being in play, it’s difficult to imagine them not going all-in despite doing the same exact thing with Jayson Werth just one year ago to the tune of $127 million over seven years. Between Werth, Stephen Strasburg and Bryce Harper, among others, the Nats seemingly live to appease the lofty demands made by Scott Boras. And I can’t imagine anyone else other than Washington being foolish enough to offer somewhere in the neighborhood of $180-$200 million over 9 or 10 years — not even the Cubs, thanks to Theo’s presence — for a 27-year-old first baseman who might be rolling around the infield in Homer’s muumuu by the age of 33.
Until that happens though, we wait, perhaps as long as another month. If things continue to develop at a similar pace to Drew Bledsoe attempting to escape a collapsing pocket, at least we have Mr. Boras to entertain us. I’m just not sure he’ll top his recent quote in which he compared Prince’s diplomatic locker room presence to that of Henry Kissinger.