6
2009
Does Jon Heyman Get His Scoops From Scott Boras?
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I came across an interesting article by Rich Lederer of Baseball Analysts. The article focuses on Jon Heyman mostly, and questions how he may have gotten the early jump on recent trades and signings involving Scott Boras clients.
Jon Heyman has done it again. He broke another story on Friday when reporting that Jason Varitek had “reached a two-year agreement with the Red Sox.”
In typical Heyman fashion, he wanted to make sure that everyone knew that “SI.com was the first to report that Varitek had an agreement with Boston.” To that, I say “big deal.” OK, maybe I didn’t use the word “deal.” I mean, this doesn’t go down as some sort of exclusive or investigative reporting.
If you’re wondering how Heyman got wind of the news before any of the Boston beat writers or columnists, be aware that he had Mark Teixeira going to the Yankees before anyone else and, according to his biography, also “broke the story of Barry Bonds going to the Giants in 1992…Alex Rodriguez going to the Yankees in 2004, A-Rod opting out of his $252-million contract in 2007 and Manny Ramirez going to the Dodgers in 2008.”
Varitek. Teixeira. Manny. A-Rod 2x. Bonds, vintage 1992. Do you notice anything in common? Yes, all of these players are or were represented by Boras at the time of their signings. It is plainly obvious that Heyman, known among fellow writers as scottboras.com, is getting fed such stories by Scott himself, which is fine and dandy except there is more going on here than meets the eye.
Rich makes some other observations on a few lesser Boras clients, and wonders if Heyman is somehow connected to Boras in an unseen way.
I like Heyman, and I think I’ll need to see some more damning evidence before I call him a Boras operative.
That said, it’s still an eye-opening piece and points out what I can only call some strange coincidences for now.
About the Author: Joe DeCaro
Went to my first Mets game, a Mayors Trophy game at Shea, in '73. We beat the Yankees 8-4 and I was hooked. I marched in two Banner Day parades, and before the Grand Slam single, there was the "Hendu Can Do" grand slam - I was there. I've collected Mets memorabilia all my life and started Mets Merized Online to feed my addiction.
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Heyman – good at reporting, embarrassingly bad at analysis.
I agree with you here though, it’s circumstantial evidence. I’d like to think even Heyman is classier than that.
Rich Lederer – not a reporter, but excellent at analysis.
Maybe I’m being a little biased because I happen to enjoy Jon Heyman’s appearances on SNY, WFAN, etc. But considering how many clients Boras has, this could be total coincidence. For example, I’m pretty sure though not 100% that Sabathia and Burnett were Boras clients and that Rosenthal broke thos stories. Again, I could be wrong, but I really don’t think there is anything to get worked up about here.
are you sure sabathia is represented by boras?
Hojo,
Neither Burnett nor Sabathia are Boras clients. Among the big Boras clients this offseason were Lowe, Manny, Pudge, Gagne, Crede.
And Ollie and Teixeira of course.
I wouldn’t give Heyman that much credit. He is more a talker then a reporter. He seems to be way off point more often then he is right. I see him as making up more stories then actually having the inside scoop.
HEYMAN LOOKS LIKE THE TEACHER FROM FERRIS BUELLERS DAY OFF LMAO!!! BUELLER BUELLER BUELLER……….. i dont think he has any inside scoop like christian said that is giving him too much credit he might break big stories but he might just be quicker than others….cause when he speculates he is off more often than on….
I made comments on this web site monthes ago about Heyman being on Baras payroll. It’s obvious , whenever there is a free agent that the Mets are looking at he says the philles and braves are in, when Redsox, he says yankess are in, Dodgers want Manny who do you think invented the Giants interest, Heyman of course. If nothing else he floats this stuff out there for Boras and gets the scoop in return.