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aarongill
Of course
jb226
Simple future solution (assuming this isn’t exactly what they ruled): Nothing is binding until it is in writing with the player’s signature on it. There’s no reason this should be anything close to this convoluted.
jd396
4 out of 5 stars for sketchiness
jd396
Zito should write a book or something. He’s always interesting to listen to with how open he is about the ups and downs of his career.
g55s
This sets a bad precedence for any team dealing with a Cuban player. There needs to be an International draft instituted.
Cam
Or, just, don’t announce signings before they are binding.
jd396
Giants thinking it’s binding when it wasn’t though leads one to question if the agent(s) involved were really negotiating in good faith.
g55s
Definitely horrible communication between BHSC and his Cuban “agents”
petrie000
the Giants do enough international spending to know a deal’s not a deal until there’s a signature on it. They shouldn’t have announced anything until then.
obsessivegiantscompulsive
The Giants were asked specifically about the EJM rumor that was swirling at the time of the press conference that they were holding, so they didn’t announce that he was signed, they answered the question by acknowledging that an agreement had been reached, which still left wiggle room for the deal collapsing once you get to the details, like a physical.
Given that they were negotiating with his new agent BHSC, any team should have felt safe to announce the agreement had been reached.
It appears to me that since EJM did not actually sign a deal yet, the MLB kowtowed to the player and agents and gave him to the Cubs and the better deal. But what use is working with his “agent” and coming to an agreement when there are other parties working at the same time? For all we know, the Cubs used the leaked information (most likely by his agents, as the Giants do not leak much of anything out) and upped their “bid” in order to sign EJM. That’s not fair rule of law.
I don’t care too much that this fish slipped off the hook – there has to be very good reasons why he went from one of the expected top bonuses ever to a bonus a quarter of the size, so obviously there are huge developmental risks with him – but the MLB needs to fix this, how can anyone run a business where you have multiple representatives running around, and any deal you agree to with what appears to be his legitimate “agent” ends up being leveraged into a higher bid with other “agents”?
citizen
so did mlb step in and say martinez’s agreement with the cubs is binding or not? the article and the one related to where mlb will step in is confusing.
tim815
Still hesitant to announce anything as official on this one until both organizations shake hands like at the end of a Stanley Cup series.
amishthunderak
I blame the Patriots.
glasshalffull
Does not matter how many Latin players the Cubs sign and how great they are, as a Cub fan, watching the Cubs Latin players hitting for an average of .130 in New York in the NLCS, it’s apparent they are having a difficult time hitting in the cold weather and last I remember, 50 degrees to the Cubs Latin players in October, is COLD! But as a resident of Chicago for 55 years, 50 is BALMY to me.
butch
I hear Theo is sending them all to play in the Alaskan league as soon as the season is over. All should be well. Now for a couple of Cuban pitchers
Frank Richard
This is also a very young team with very little playoff experience. The pressures and atmosphere are very different and guys like Bryant, and Rizzo are having trouble adjusting. To this point Soler and Castro the Latin players have more hits than Rizzo and Bryant.