A day after reliever Ryan Madson agreed to a one-year, $8.5 million contract with the Reds, agent Scott Boras and Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. disagreed on the events that led to Madson's departure from Philadelphia. In early November, the Phillies were reportedly closing in on a four-year, $44 million contract with Madson when talks quickly and mysteriously unraveled. Within days, Philadelphia signed closer Jonathan Papelbon. Boras and Amaro Jr. remain at odds over the breakdown in talks that ultimately forced the end of Madson's tenure in Philadelphia. "It's very simple," Boras said. "We never rejected any offer from Philadelphia at four years and $44 million. We advised Philadelphia that we would agree to such a proposal. And Philadelphia decided upon hearing that to go in a different direction." Amaro offered a starkly different version of events. "There's no reason for me to get into a public debate with Scott on this," Amaro said. "I have no desire to do that. All I can tell you is, there was never an agreement, and we decided that we wanted to sign someone with the experience and the ability of Jonathan Papelbon. So we went that route. "There's no question we had discussions with Ryan about bringing him back. We had several discussions about it. But no agreement was made. If we had come to an agreement, we would have signed him."