Boras is the master of spin, he somehow made it seem like the Andruw Jones renegotiation was a win for his client, but he just deferred millions with no interest. Even if Manny got less or the same from the Giants as the Dodgers offered, Boras will structure the contract to “prove” that he got Manny more than what the Dodgers offered, perhaps by deferring a lot to the future with no interest in exchange for a bigger overall contract (in essence, pricing the interest into the contracted amount).

My only wish is that the Giants are in it just to keep LA honest and force them to offer more than they really want – then Manny tanks on them for the rest of the contract, just to show them whose boss.