Scott Boras, Ironically, Nails Where Angels Owner Arte Moreno Fell Short
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0 Share Newsweek is a Trust Project member See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. When he reached an agreement to sell the Los Angeles Angels to Kroenke Sports & Entertainment on Tuesday, Arte Moreno stood to make at least $4 billion. On Wednesday, Forbes’ Barry Bloom reported the team was valued at $4.5 billion — a record for an MLB franchise.
No one is questioning the wisdom of a decision to sell an asset that Moreno paid $183.5 million to acquire in 2003.
As for his acumen running a team that has not reached the postseason since 2014 — the longest active drought of any franchise — Moreno has been heavily scrutinized by Angels fans for a decade. News of the pending sale brought a sigh of relief for fans who have been chanting "sell the team," and carrying signs exhorting Moreno to do the same.
Ironically, agent Scott Boras might have summarized the problem better than anyone in the 24 hours since the Angels' impending sale was announced.
“Knowing Arte over the years, it’s clear he really enjoyed the game. I think after a while, the complexities of it, all of it certainly changed,” Boras told the New York Daily News . “But when you’re a businessman and you start at about $800 million when you buy the team, and all of a sudden you’re worth $6-7 billion after owning it, I’d have to say that’s a pretty successful venture from a business perspective.”
As the agent to Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon, Boras benefitted directly from Moreno's old-school approach to team building. Rather than investing a fraction of Rendon's $245 million contract in player development — minor league coaches, technology, and front-office personnel to modernize the Angels' infrastructure — he gave it to a player who spent most of the last six seasons on the injured list.
Rendon's ability to stay healthy isn't Boras' fault. But it's a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black when Boras points out the "complexities" of owning a baseball team in 2026 escalated too fast for the 80-year-old Moreno.
As for Moreno's 79-year-old successor, Stan Kroenke, Boras offered nothing but praise.
“He’s won in the NFL, the NBA, the NHL, soccer. Who doesn’t want championship owners to come to the game?” Boras told the Daily News . “And he seems as though he appoints his staff, doesn’t micromanage. Kind of an ideal owner.”
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