Scott Boras is back.
One winter after infamously slow-playing his top clients on the free-agent market, Boras has reportedly secured the richest deal in MLB history: Juan Soto‘s 15-year, $765 million contract with the New York Mets.
This was far from the first nine-figure contract that Boras has negotiated in his career. In fact, it’s not even the first he’s completed this offseason. The super agent negotiated a five-year, $182 million agreement between Blake Snell and the Los Angeles Dodgers two weeks ago.
A few more Boras clients will soon sign nine-figure deals, as he represents Corbin Burnes, Alex Bregman and Pete Alonso. Boras has also helped Yusei Kikuchi, Matthew Boyd and Tyler O’Neill earn rich deals and is expected to do the same for Sean Manaea and Ha-Seong Kim.
Needless to say, Boras has helped a lot of players become rich over his four-plus decades as an agent. It…