Scott Boras is baseball’s most well-known player agent, as he often represents some of the game’s most high-profile players. With a client list that features Gerrit Cole and Anthony Rendon, Boras negotiated over a billion dollars in new contracts this offseason.

As the MLB and the MLBPA try to come to terms on a new financial deal to resume the season, it is no surprise that Boras is siding with his players. In fact, the anointed “super-agent” is telling all of his players that they should sit out the season unless the owners cede to their demands in negotiations.

According to ESPN and The Associated Press, Boras emailed his players to suggest they not settle for anything less than the original agreement that they struck with the owners on March 26th.

That original agreement was for the players to receive prorated salaries based on the amount of games played in the shortened season. This past week, the MLB has proposed a new financial plan that would force players to take even greater pay cuts, with a tiered system that takes more money away from the league’s top earners. A lot of which that are represented by Boras.

“Remember, games cannot be played without you,” Boras wrote to his clients.

“Players should not agree to further pay cuts to bail out the owners. Let owners take some of their record revenues and profits from the past several years and pay you the prorated salaries you agreed to accept or let them borrow against the asset values they created from the use of those profits players generated.”

Boras’ prize client of this past offseason was Cole, as the 29-year-old starter signed a nine-year, $324 million contract with the New York Yankees. If Cole were to play this year under the owner’s new plan, his salary would be cut from $36 million to just $8 million.

“Owners are asking for more salary cuts to bail them out of the investment decisions they have made,” Boras said.

The agent is arguing that owners would have the money to pay the players their prorated salaries had they not all taken significant loans to run their respective franchises. Because owners have borrowed money to purchase and renovate their stadiums, as well develop areas around their ballparks, they now are in bad financial standing with no games being played.

“Owners now want players to take additional pay cuts to help them pay these loans. They want a bailout. They are not offering players a share of the stadiums, ballpark villages or the club itself, even though salary reductions would help owners pay for these valuable franchise assets. These billionaires want the money for free. No bank would do that. Banks demand loans be repaid with interest. Players should be entitled to the same respect.”

Putting aside the clear motives of Boras to make these comments (and to make them public), he does make some very interesting points. Players are going to have to think long and hard about this new proposal and if they take their agents advice, a lot of them may refuse to play.