{"id":19717,"date":"2022-07-20T02:06:42","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T02:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/michael-conforto-drawing-interest-from-multiple-teams-boras\/"},"modified":"2022-07-20T02:06:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T02:06:42","slug":"michael-conforto-drawing-interest-from-multiple-teams-boras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/michael-conforto-drawing-interest-from-multiple-teams-boras\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Conforto drawing interest from multiple teams: Boras"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Michael Conforto could be on the brink of signing with a new team.<\/p>\n<p>The former Mets outfielder&#8217;s agent, Scott Boras, revealed to Post baseball columnists Joel Sherman and Jon Heyman on \u201cThe Show\u201d podcast that he received four phone calls regarding the 29-year-old free agent Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Conforto, who injured his shoulder in January, underwent surgery in April that originally was believed to be season-ending.  His rehab timeline now could get him back on the field in September.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIronically, now that the draft is over, is that there&#8217;s no compensation associated with signing Michael, and we&#8217;ve got four phone calls this morning,\u201d Boras said on the podcast.  \u201cMichael, he has extraordinary healing powers and the doctors are saying as we walk through this, there&#8217;s potential for him potentially hitting in September certainly and we have to see\u2026 how his rehab goes to fulfill that expectation.  But there is very strong interest by some very good teams.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Former Met Michael Conforto is currently a free agent but is drawing interest from teams, according to his agent.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Conforto, an All-Star in 2017, hit .232 with 14 home runs and 55 RBIs in 125 games last season for the Mets.<\/p>\n<p>Boras also represents Kumar Rocker, whom the Mets drafted No.  10 overalls in 2021 .  They did not sign Rocker, however, after concerns about his arm following a medical exam.  After the Mets did not sign Rocker, Boras initially said that the right-handed pitcher was healthy \u201caccording to independent medical review by multiple prominent baseball orthopedic surgeons.\u201d  Rocker ended up undergoing surgery on his right shoulder in September, which Boras described as a \u201cminor &#8216;scope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Rangers selected Rocker No.  3 overall on Sunday in the draft.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=NYPH4304766209&amp;light=true\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told Steve Cohen that while you&#8217;re an owner you just have to listen to people that praise certain elements of drafted players,\u201d Boras said.  \u201cWe strongly disagree with the appraisal that the Mets placed on Kumar.  We had said that to him.  As an advocate, and I&#8217;m sure if I&#8217;m an owner, I&#8217;m gonna look at this and say I expect the advocate to say that for the player \u2014 our medical staff, we have our own internal medical staff, we were very thorough about this, we had the best orthopedic surgeons in America examine Kumar and we said that there is nothing that is going to affect his pitching ability.  There are always fuzzy MRIs.  Max Scherzer&#8217;s MRI when he signed was not particularly great and frankly never has been.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>According to Boras, the Rangers&#8217; doctor has said \u201call along\u201d that Rocker is physically capable of carrying out an MLB career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I said a year ago, someone&#8217;s not going to be very happy about this,\u201d Boras said.  \u201cAnd in the end, I think that Kumar \u2014 and he was examined by one of the most prominent orthopedic surgeons in America in Neal ElAttrache and Doctor Meister in Texas \u2014 all these reviews came back and said he passed.  The Mets didn&#8217;t believe that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boras also addressed the topic du jour in MLB, Juan Soto&#8217;s sudden trade availability after he rejected a 15-year, $440 million contract offer from the Nationals.  The agent said the average annual value of the deal \u201cmade the contract something not even in the range of consideration\u201d for the 23-year-old superstar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you&#8217;re the greatest young player in the game and you have youth and you&#8217;re gonna be a 26-year-old free agent, not since A-Rod have I had a player that&#8217;s been that good and that young of a free agent,\u201d Boras said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Conforto could be on the brink of signing with a new team. The former Mets outfielder&#8217;s agent, Scott Boras, revealed to Post baseball columnists Joel Sherman and Jon Heyman on \u201cThe Show\u201d podcast that he received four phone calls regarding the 29-year-old free agent Tuesday morning. Conforto, who injured his shoulder in January, underwent &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/michael-conforto-drawing-interest-from-multiple-teams-boras\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Michael Conforto drawing interest from multiple teams: Boras<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[9329,661,1476,8800,307],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17616,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/what-scott-boras-is-demanding-in-any-new-juan-soto-deal\/","url_meta":{"origin":19717,"position":0},"title":"What Scott Boras is demanding in any new Juan Soto deal","date":"July 18, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"LOS ANGELES \u2014 The Nationals were said to be very disappointed superstar hitter Juan Soto rejected their record $440 million, 15-year bid as their people suggested to folks they felt they had a legitimate chance to lock him up. 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