A pitcher who fired Scott Boras after signing late in spring training, then getting off to a rough start in the regular season, blasted the superagent Friday.
Arizona Diamondbacks right-hander Jordan Montgomery spoke openly about his dalliance with the Boston Red Sox last winter, which ultimately got nowhere. Montgomery signed a one-year, $25 million contract on March 29, the eve of the regular season.
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Montgomery was the last of the major free agents to sign a contract, and he, like the other major Scott Boras clients, took short-term, high AAV deals as opposed to the long-term deals they were seeking to start free agency.
He fired Boras shortly afterward, opting to switch representation to Wasserman, a rival agency.
In April, the New York Post reportedMontgomery did not want to sign with Boston and felt his chances of pitching into …