Kumar Rocker

[TNDawg35]

Rumor is now is that Boras lied to the Mets and told them he wasn't hurt, but it came out he was. I have also heard that Rocker got smart with the Mets GM about it all and was acting like the Mets were beneath him. The Mets finally had enough and told him to kick rocks.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Yep, 2 mil doesn't go very far when your stuck in minor league ball making 1100$ a month or so. You use that bonus pretty quick. He definitely made the correct decision going overseas and taking a guaranteed 7 mil.

Not arguing about the 7M vs 2M difference....but

2M should be able to take you far. Just stay away from wild women, pregnancies, luxurious vehicles, gambling, and alcohol. Just keep your self in a $30-$40K per year budget. Without tuition this is big bucks for a kid. If you eat breakfast at the hotels and take advantage of the any-and-all comps, then you can live like a champ. Just be a Baseball Spartan, practice and work out all the time.

Take PLC, pluming, and Motor Repair courses at the local tech school, this is far more education than General, American, Ethnic, Gender, or Media studies at Vanderbilt. Plus, you will stay busy at night. Volunteer at Church, etc.

If you are a college kid in the same period of time, your earnings are $0 and you are paying most of your tuition and books. Your only indulgence is what mom, dad, and grandparents can provide.

I'll let a Tax guy talk about maximizing the 2M. Probably lose a chunk as a windfall.

[Tbonewannabe]

Not arguing about the 7M vs 2M difference....but

2M should be able to take you far. Just stay away from wild women, pregnancies, luxurious vehicles, gambling, and alcohol. Just keep your self in a $30-$40K per year budget. Without tuition this is big bucks for a kid. If you eat breakfast at the hotels and take advantage of the any-and-all comps, then you can live like a champ. Just be a Baseball Spartan, practice and work out all the time.

Take PLC, pluming, and Motor Repair courses at the local tech school, this is far more education than General, American, Ethnic, Gender, or Media studies at Vanderbilt. Plus, you will stay busy at night. Volunteer at Church, etc.

If you are a college kid in the same period of time, your earnings are $0 and you are paying most of your tuition and books. Your only indulgence is what mom, dad, and grandparents can provide.

I'll let a Tax guy talk about maximizing the 2M. Probably lose a chunk as a windfall.

I am not a tax guy but I believe they usually split it up over 2 or 3 years for tax purposes for the player, at least I heard that at one time. Just like anything else, I imagine there are very few people that would live on $40k as an 18 year old with dreams of MLB. Parkinson's Law - expenses rise with income. This is true pretty much for everyone, not just athletes. It takes a very disciplined person to get a large windfall like that and not spend a large chunk on a new car/truck, house, or trip/frivolous spending.

[Ezsoil]

It's sad people like him have given so many people bad advice.

[Dawg_Lover]

It's sad people like him have given so many people bad advice.

Considering your statement, I do not understand how anyone and/or their family, with the intellectual tools to research an agent?s track record, would use someone like this agent.
Maybe the ego overrode good sense? I cannot know as I do not know him. But it does make me smh and wonder.

[Johnson85]

Considering your statement, I do not understand how anyone and/or their family, with the intellectual tools to research an agent?s track record, would use someone like this agent.
Maybe the ego overrode good sense? I cannot know as I do not know him. But it does make me smh and wonder.

Boras is supper aggressive and has gotten a lot of players paid a lot of money. That said, he has also 17ed up several times by misreading the market/negotiations. The most high profile time was probably when he advised Alex Rodriquez to opt out of his Yankees contract, which cost the yankees something like $20M in subsidies from the texas rangers, and I think he ended up signing for a smaller amount than he could have had if he had just kept his contract. But there ahve been other times where he misread negotiations and it hurt his clients.

[somebodyshotmypaw]

Considering your statement, I do not understand how anyone and/or their family, with the intellectual tools to research an agent?s track record, would use someone like this agent.
Maybe the ego overrode good sense? I cannot know as I do not know him. But it does make me smh and wonder.

To clarify, I don’t think Boras was his agent. He was just advising.

[R2Dawg]

Rumor is now is that Boras lied to the Mets and told them he wasn't hurt, but it came out he was. I have also heard that Rocker got smart with the Mets GM about it all and was acting like the Mets were beneath him. The Mets finally had enough and told him to kick rocks.

After Rockers arrogant CWS press conference doesn't surprise me that could have happened.