"Bottom line is Sano wants to sign with Pirates, and agent wants him to sign with whoever offers most $, whether it's Pirates or not"
"We will see whether the agent is working for the client or the other way around"
"Biggest problem for Sano is that teams that offer most money (Red Sox, Yankees) don't like dealing with his agent."
"Can't overstate how overwhelming this is for the Sanos, a poor family with no experience in biz of baseball. A lot of pressure on them"
"@aso513 For me, the gap in $ between Pirates and everyone else has to be very wide for him to sign elsewhere"
"@GarCasey No. If they wanted Sano, they would have gone after him in the first place. They don't like dealing with his agent."
Ok, so it looks to me we have a pretty serious case here. Sano wants to sign with the Pirates. So much so that "the gap in $...has to be very wide for him to sign elsewhere." However, his agent wants him to sign with the highest bidder. Problem is, the possible highest bidders "don't like dealing with his agent."
I don't know about you, but this seems like Arangure is fairly confident the Pirates will ultimately sign Sano because he really wants to sign with the Bucs and they "heavy hitters," like the Yanks, Red Sox, Dodgers, etc. just won't even get involved in talks because of his agent.
If they agent does his job and does what Sano wants, he's a Pirate. Hopefully this doesn't get into a situation where Sano's agent is being so unethical that he is going to force Sano to do what he doesn't want to, and that's wait for someone to offer much more, which apparently hasn't happened yet.
I do feel bad for the Sanos. This is a life altering situation they are in and I hope the ultimately make the right decision, whether that is signing with the Pirates or not. Although, I really hope he signs with the Pirates.
UPDATE:
I asked Jorge Arangure if he still believes the Pirates will sign Sano and how long he thinks it will take. He answered saying that he believes he will sign with the Bucs, just as he has said many times before.
Arangure's confidence in Sano signing with the Bucs continues to be very different from the reports Dejan Kovacevic has put out. Kovacevic has been wary to instill too much confidence in the situation for Pirates fans and even went as far as to report that Arangure's "90% chance" of the Pirates signing Sano report was false.
