Scott Boras, baseball’s most powerful agent and pre-eminent cage-rattler, spent the entire off-season railing against what he described as the “noncompetitive cancer” plaguing the sport. As this winter’s free-agent market developed slower than any other, Boras saw as many as a third of franchises across the league valuing the future over the present, emboldened by the success of the Houston Astros and Chicago Cubs. He predicted that it would impact the standings. Now, six weeks into the year, it seems difficult to argue with...

Source: Wall Street Journal May 11, 2018 11:37 UTC