At some point, someone somewhere has to got to straighten Carlos out about the "Astros didn't offer a no-trade clause" BS. It was only proposed with something like 10 minutes to go, and was a flurry of last minute BS demands. How stupid is this guy?
I'm a lawyer and I've been in several contract negotiations (admittedly non-sport related), so this is my (non-)educated guess of the proceedings. Once the Yankees dropped out, Boras developed a way to get the Mets to bid against themselves (similar to what he did to the Rangers with BOTH A-Rod and Chan Ho Park). String the Astros along until the very last minute to keep Minaya believing the Astros were players. Once that was done, it's quite a simple matter for Boras to portray to Carlos that these were two legitimate offers.
In fact, they WERE two legitimate offers, but Boras rigged the process where only 1 offer would be acceptable. Drayton never realized this until this was offer, which only helped Boras in his work. And Carlos now believes the Astros never offered a no-trade clause.
It's over and I have held continuously the Astros are better off never signing the guy, because I never believed they were given a chance to do so once the Mets decided they were in the game. But to see this lie continually brought up and not challenged by the reporter obtaining the quote from Carlos, that irritates me.
I'm a lawyer and I've been in several contract negotiations (admittedly non-sport related), so this is my (non-)educated guess of the proceedings. Once the Yankees dropped out, Boras developed a way to get the Mets to bid against themselves (similar to what he did to the Rangers with BOTH A-Rod and Chan Ho Park). String the Astros along until the very last minute to keep Minaya believing the Astros were players. Once that was done, it's quite a simple matter for Boras to portray to Carlos that these were two legitimate offers.
In fact, they WERE two legitimate offers, but Boras rigged the process where only 1 offer would be acceptable. Drayton never realized this until this was offer, which only helped Boras in his work. And Carlos now believes the Astros never offered a no-trade clause.
It's over and I have held continuously the Astros are better off never signing the guy, because I never believed they were given a chance to do so once the Mets decided they were in the game. But to see this lie continually brought up and not challenged by the reporter obtaining the quote from Carlos, that irritates me.
