Boras?

Will anyone please point out the obvious here: isn't there a fair likelihood that Scott Boras is somehow involved in the recent (shocking) discovery that Manny Ramirez is using PEDs? Let's look at the situation:

1) Alex Rodriguez, in targeting the largest contract in baseball history, starts using steroids before/around the time he joined the Texas Rangers. His agent? Scott Boras.

2) Manny Ramirez, potentially actually plagued by a nagging knee injury (or not), signs with Scott Boras before the end of his final year with Boston.

3) Red Sox trade Manny to LA, prompting Boras to immediately pump/showcase his pending free agent. Manny promptly has no injury problems (if they were real) and puts up the following (incredible) line for the D's (in 53 games): .396 average, 17HR, 14 Doubles, 53RBI, 36R. Let's compare to his stats in Boston (in 100 games): .299 average, 20HR, 22 Doubles, 68RBI, 66R. Manny slugged .743 in LA vs. .529 in Boston. I point this out because his stats were pretty amazing for a 36 year old in Boston, but unearthly once he moved to LA.

4) Manny gets new contract and Dodgers essentially make him the face of the organization. It's well known that Manny is aware of his place in baseball history and aggressively chasing milestone stats (600HR, 2000RBI).

5) Manny has lights out start to 2009.

6) Manny receives 50 game suspension after testing positive for PED. Boras puts out a statement saying it was a mistake by his doctor. In reality, Manny is using a female fertility drug (known for helping restart testosterone production). Gammons reports that guys in the Red Sox clubhouse refuse to believe Manny uses steroids. My guess is he probably never did until Boras came around.

Why aren't we questioning Boras? His two most high profile (and thus lucrative) clients both get busted on steroids in an era where MLB is trying to make an example of high profile players to win back credibility. A-Rod and Manny are two of the greatest right handed hitters of all-time, do they really need this stuff? I guess we'll never know for sure, but my guess is likely not.

With Boras whispering in their ears (and maybe supplying the connection, perhaps?), it was likely hard for these guys to say no. I'm not abdicating them of responsibility, but let's make sure that all of the cheats are punished.

Update (8:48am): Just for fun, let's look at high profile Boras clients linked to PED abuse.

Rick Ankiel
Adrián Beltré
Johnny Damon
Eric Gagné
Corey Patterson
Manny Ramirez
Alex Rodriguez
Iván Rodríguez
Scott Schoeneweis