According to this post on The Baltimore Sports Report, 22 year-old LHP
Zach Britton recently decided to change representation, leaving Hendricks Sports to go with Scott Boras and The Boras Corporation. Britton was the O's 2010 Minor League Pitcher of the Year, posting a 10-7 record and 2.70 ERA between Bowie (AA) and Norfolk (AAA):
Boras currently represents 73 major league and 38 minor league ballplayers, according to
Tim Dierkes' list at MLB Trade Rumors. His list of elite clients is impressive, and includes Carlos Beltran, Adrian Beltre, Johnny Damon, Prince Fielder, Carlos Gonzalez, Matt Holliday, Magglio Ordonez, Manny Ramirez, Stephen Strasburg, and Mark Teixeira, just to name a few... He also represents the following Orioles:
- Zach Britton
- Matt Weiters
- Jake Arrieta
- Mike Gonzalez
- Manny Machado
- Josh Bell
- Brandon Erbe
- Kevin Millwood
I don't see any short-term impact to either the Orioles or Britton with this move, though it
may in some ways hinder the team's ability to re-sign him long term, if that's the way they want to go. That's only because Boras generally encourages his clients to maximize their levergage by taking their contract to term and playing into free-agency, then letting an open market drive their price... we'll see what happens.
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