The 2023-24 MLB offseason will be remembered by many as the winter in which Shohei Ohtani signed his record-shattering 10-year, $700 million contract. Or for the Los Angeles Dodgers' overall $1 billion offensive on the free market. Or the New York Yankees landing Juan Soto in a blockbuster trade with the San Diego Padres.
It was a lively offseason, but the storyline that took the longest to develop was that of Boras and his big four free agents. Boras entered the winter counting half of Yahoo Sports' top 10 free agents as clients: reigning Cy Young winner Blake Snell, former MVP Cody Bellinger, playoff hero Jordan Montgomery, defensive ace Matt Chapman and Korean import Jung Hoo Lee.