Boras: Clients will find work because good owners will wake up

Pitchers and catchers report to spring training next week, and while a number of Scott Boras' clients remain unsigned, the agent isn't worried about them finding work.

"I believe that every good owner in the game wakes up and says there's an opportunity that exists today that didn't exist yesterday. Regardless of what the date on the calendar is, if it's good business, you should do it.'' Boras told ESPN's Jerry Crasnick.

Boras represents a number of jobless players - including J.D. Martinez, Jake Arrieta, Eric Hosmer, Greg Holland, Carlos Gomez, and Carlos Gonzalez - and expects owners to start convincing their front-office staffs to pony up the dough once they realize areas of need in spring training.

"These owners are captains of industry. They're smart people. They're going to look at it and say, 'If I get ahead of my competitor and increase my probability of winning and I increase my ability to attract fans, my TV ratings, my playoff opportunities and my (regional sports network) potential for the future, I'm going to go out and get somebody that's still there because it's going to provide all those positives for me,'" Boras said.

Boras is familiar with the waiting game and has bided his time to find more lucrative deals for clients in the past. He mentioned this offseason as a bit of an enigma, however, listing the 30-team fight for Shohei Ohtani and the rebuilding efforts of the Miami Marlins as possible reasons why.

"Let's allow the ships to get in from their quest in the ocean,'' he explained. "They went all the way to Japan (for Ohtani). Then they stopped at sea to pick up the sunken ship in Florida. Eventually, they're going to get to their residential docks, and they can evaluate what they want to do to be adequately fulfilled for their journey at sea for the season.''