Is There Collusion Among Agents and GM’s in Baseball?

Earlier this morning I was listening to the Dan Patrick show. I usually never write about anything I hear about from sports talk radio but there was something interesting he was talking about today. He was talking about how Rafael Soriano signing with the Washington Nationals. He reported that Soriano was looking for a 5 year, 80 million dollar contract but he signed for 2 years, 28 million dollar contract. Patrick made the comment, “Another Scott Boras client signed with the Nationals.” That comment made me think if there is a possibility of GM’s colluding with agents like Scott Boras to get the best possible player for the most reasonable price? Also how do we know these teams aren’t paying extra dollars to the agents for getting them the best talent? I am going to list all 32 teams by highest payroll and for this article I will list how many of Scott Boras’ clients play for each each team.

1 New York Yankees $195,998,004- 1
2 Philadelphia Phillies $173,458,939- 2
3 Los Angeles Angels $154,940,524- 4
4 Boston Red Sox $146,371,619- 2
5 Texas Rangers $120,510,975- 2
6 Detroit Tigers $119,276,000- 3
7 San Francisco Giants $117,936,667- 1
8 Miami Marlins $111,598,000- 29 St. Louis Cardinals $110,297,862
10 Milwaukee Brewers $98,049,444- 211 Chicago White Sox $97,919,500
12 Minnesota Twins $94,085,000- 2
13 Los Angeles Dodgers $93,686,077- 114 New York Mets $93,357,465
15 Chicago Cubs $87,229,033
16 Atlanta Braves $82,409,942- 1
17 Seattle Mariners $81,978,100- 3
18 Baltimore Orioles $80,804,000- 3
19 Washington Nationals $80,584,145- 5
20 Colorado Rockies $78,069,571- 1
21 Cincinnati Reds $76,305,878- 222 Toronto Blue Jays $75,009,200
23 Arizona Diamondbacks $74,284,833- 224 Cleveland Indians $66,430,300
25 Tampa Bay Rays $65,008,071- 1
26 Pittsburgh Pirates $62,466,000- 1