CARLSBAD, Calif. – As agent Scott Boras concluded a press conference at the General Managers Meetings on Wednesday, where he faulted the league’s structure for incentivizing tanking, he said at most 17 teams were actively trying to construct a roster to win a World Series title.
“Many others are in transition where they’re trying to say we’re going to see if we have enough to take the next step,” Boras said. “Then by June, many of those teams revert to, ‘No, we have to retool, so we’re going to save money.”
Boras didn’t single out any clubs, but the National League Central may be the poster child.