It appears super agent Brodie Van Wagenen is set to become the Mets general manager. Joel Sherman points out the conflicts Van Wagenen may face:
Van Wagenen has been better at getting money from the Wilpons than just about anyone. Despite a general slowdown in the free-agent market, in his capacity as lead baseball agent for Creative Artist Agency (CAA), Van Wagenen the past two offseasons helped negotiate a four-year, $110 million pact for Yoenis Cespedes, a two-year, $17 million deal for Todd Frazier and a two-year, $16 million agreement for Jason Vargas.
But as part of the anger and frustration over the grinding market in general, Van Wagenen went against his normally reserved public persona to issue a statement last February alleging collusion in free agency and hinting at a spring training player boycott. “A fight is brewing,” he warned.
Now, though, he is about to join the other side of the fight. So, did he actually mean that the players were not getting enough? Or does he think management has smartly figured out how to contain costs and all he was doing in his former job was rightly advocating for his clients?
I’m going with the latter. It appears that Van Wagenen is a good negotiator, and maybe that’s what the Mets are looking for. I’d want someone who could build a farm system into a major league team.
from baseballmusings.com https://ift.tt/2RkiBpp
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