Who's Calling The Shots?

Gerrit Cole—and not agent Scott Boras— will steer his free agent odyssey

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As soon as the World Series ended, the speculation began that agent Scott Boras was going to take free-agent right-hander Gerrit Cole to the free-agent market with dollar signs dancing in his head.

Now, Boras has earned his reputation for his willingness to shop his client, looking for the highest bidder, but that’s only because the clients allow it to happen.

Cole isn’t one of them. He’s not one of the sheep following the shepherd.

It is rare, but when Boras clients take charge, Boras is wise enough to get out of the way.

Heck, he did it with Cole when Cole came out of high school in Southern California. The Yankees drafted him 28th overall in 2008 out of Orange Lutheran High, thinking they could persuade him to sign even while other teams were scared off because of Cole’s expressed commitment to take the scholarship he was offered by UCLA.