4 million more, what an agent! As has been stated ad-nauseum by many, Boras had little room to work with in this negotiation assuming Matsuzaka was never really willing to go back to Japan. The only way Boras was going to get more for his client, is if the threat to walk away was real, and in this unique circumstance, I don't believe it was. Boras wanted us to believe respecting Matsuzaka was about more dollars, but that just isn't the way the Japanese culture measures respect. Yes, stated by people like me. Doesn't change the fact that warren gave him faarrrrrrr too much credit. Any agent who advised him to hold out couold probably have gotten 52.