Boras blasts new Marlins owners, calls team 'a pawn shop'

Don't expect Scott Boras to do business with the Miami Marlins anytime soon.

On the same day that Miami reportedly dealt Boras client Marcell Ozuna to the St. Louis Cardinals, the always outspoken agent blasted the franchise and its new Derek Jeter-led ownership group for shedding salary and perhaps beginning another one of the team's trademark fire sales almost immediately after taking charge.

"We've seen one of our MLB jewelry stores become a pawn shop," Boras said during his winter meetings scrum Wednesday, according to Scott Miller of Bleacher Report.

Boras doubled down on his criticism of Miami's new regime by appearing to cite former Marlins star Giancarlo Stanton's own words from earlier this winter. In November, the reigning MVP - who was dealt to the Yankees on Monday -stated he'd be willing to stay with the Marlins if the team addressed its pitching issues. But it was a plea that clearly fell on deaf ears.

"You heard the players on that team say, 'If we could get pitching, if we could add pitching,'" Boras continued, via ESPN's Eddie Matz. "And (instead) they (Jeter and co-owner Bruce Sherman) come in and redirect. So you're not a jewelry store that's coveting your diamonds. You now become a pawn shop that is trying to pay the rent of the building rather than focusing on the diamonds and growth that you covet.

"And you would hope that ownership, new ownership, that MLB would screen the ownership, so that we have an ownership that comes in and provides additions."

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While Boras became the latest baseball figure to rip Jeter and the Marlins, their manager, Don Mattingly, defended his new boss and suggested there may be more to the story than meets the eye.

"I know what goes on from the inside so I know it's unfair," Mattingly said, according to Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald. "I have more information than you all. I know the truth in a lot of these matters. I know what really happened in these situations."