Andruw, don't listen to Boras

Scott Boras may have been ditched by Kenny Rogers and Alex Rodriguez this week, but he is still in good standing with former Brave Andruw Jones. Boras is telling whoever will listen that Jones will not settle for a one year contract but instead will be treated like any other center fielder on the open market. Unlike Aaron Rowand, who had a career year during his walk year with the Phillies, Andruw compiled a .222 batting average, .311 on base percentage, 94 RBIs and 24 homeruns in 154 games with Atlanta.

Boras, the master of making lemonade out of lemons, had this to say about Jones,

"You're talking about a guy with 10 Gold Gloves in a row and 25 home runs 10 years in a row. The fact is, this guy in his worst year had 26 home runs, 94 RBIs and a Gold Glove. When you go back and look at the best center fielders out here today, Andruw's year of [power] production is very close to theirs. And this was his worst year."

Torii Hunter, the leader of the center fielder pack, is expected to make around $15 million over six seasons and Aaron Rowand is looking for a contract bigger than what Eric Byrnes got during the season, a $30 million, 3 year deal with the Diamondbacks.

If I were Andruw Jones, I'd become friends with Warren Buffett and ask him for advise. Or at least find a new agent because the word on the street is,

"Not only have I not heard what [money] Scott is looking for on Jones; I haven't heard anyone other than Washington talking to him about Andruw," said an executive with a big league club in the market for a center fielder. "I assume that Scott is just going to wait until Hunter and Rowand are off the board and then hope the other bidders for those players get desperate."

Run Andruw, run!

(sources; Photo: cbssportsline.com)

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