Scott Boras has a 73-page book on Prince Fielder

Every year a story comes out about the big binder full-o-love that Scott Boras puts together for his top free agent clients. Glossy and filled with over-the-top claims, they sound like an outrageous amount of fun.

More fun when they involve questionable dudes like Oliver Perez -- remember how he was the next Sandy Koufax? -- but I bet seeing legitimately great players talked up is fun too.

Prince Fielder gets the treatment this year. Jerry Crasnick of ESPN has the story.

There’s great stuff about the book itself -- it’s “encased in a silver aluminum antimicrobial binder and features black cardstock dividers and metal rivets” -- but of course the statistical projections and claims to glory are great fun too:

In the Projections portion of the book, Boras’ statistical analysts gaze into the future and point out that in five years, Fielder will have joined Foxx, Mickey Mantle, Eddie Mathews, Mel Ott and Babe Ruth as one of six players with 400 homers, 1,000 RBIs and 1,000 walks through age 32. A few pages later, the book projects that Fielder will have 600 homers, 1,700 RBIs and 1,500 walks by age 37. Those totals would place him in the exclusive company of Ruth and Barry Bonds.

Most people think that Boras does these just as much (and maybe more) for the benefit of his clients’ egos and to impress prospective clients as he does to actually woo teams. Maybe so. But who cares? This stuff is fantastic.