Sending veteran reliever Ryan Pressly to the Chicago Cubs seemingly left no excuse for the Houston Astros to bring back Alex Bregman. But then again, his agent is Scott Boras, which complicates matters.

It seemed like the Houston Astros and Alex Bregman were finally heading toward a reunion, but agent Scott Boras simply refuses to accept his client's situation.

Scott Boras, baseball's most powerful and most quoted agent, has never shied away from critiquing the spending habits of Major League Baseball's teams -- it's part of his job, after all. It should come as a little surprise,

Like clockwork, Boras has responded to the Mets walking away by cranking the rumor mill into overdrive.

By now one would hope Pete Alonso has finally gotten the memo: The Mets never wanted him back. That’s why they never budged off their three-year offer in the $70 million range to him when he and his agent Scott Boras continued to push,

Pete Alonso's decision to reject a $70 million deal with the New York Mets has sparked debate among fans and insiders. MLB insider Tiki Barber suggest

If a team like the Diamondbacks can shell out big bucks for Corbin Burnes, what's stopping other teams from inking Pete Alonso and Alex Bregman?

The super agent Scott Boras has called out the MLB franchises for not spending in accordance with how much they make out of hte league.

To hear New York Mets owner Steve Cohen tell it, he is not close to re-signing free agent first baseman Pete Alonso for one reason. “And a lot of it is, I don’t like the structures that he presented to us. I think it’s highly asymmetric against us, and I feel strongly about this,” Cohen told fans (and reporters) at Amazin Day on Saturday.

Reports had surfaced in mid-January that Alonso had offered the Mets a three-year deal with opt-outs, with the Mets being the only team to receive that contract structure. Likewise, Sammon and Ken Rosenthal had reported that Alonso's market was heating up, with the Blue Jays and an unidentified third team joining the Mets in contract talks.

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