The 2011 MLB First-Year Player Draft officially began last night. One round and Comp Round A is in the books; rounds two through fifty still remain (along with Comp Round B). Many top picks are advised by Scott Boras, including #1 overall pick Gerritt Cole, Anthony Rendon, Bubba Starling, Alex Meyer, Brian Goodwin, and Josh […]
Category: MLB Teams
The Tampa Bay Rays fear arbitration. The club is one of the few teams that employs a “file-and-trial” strategy once it and one of its players exchange figures leading up to an arbitration hearing, which means that if numbers are exchanged, there will be no settlement pre-hearing. The Rays do this to dissuade players and […]
College baseball season officially began this month, which means it is not too early to start talking about who current college baseball players have chosen as their advisors for the upcoming 2011 MLB First-Year Player Draft. Most MLB Mock Drafts (there are not nearly as many on the internet as what exists for the NFL, […]
If you are not a baseball agent who has ever had to prepare for an arbitration hearing, you have probably never heard of Marc Rubin…unless, of course, you were a Sports Agent Blog reader in September 2010, when I wrote about the co-owner of RayRubin Sports Analysts. Very few agents have a Mathematics background. Even fewer […]
119 MLB players filed for salary arbitration. The deadline for players and teams to exchange salary figures leading up to a possible hearing has officially past. The 3 teams known for implementing a file-and-trial strategy (exchange salary figures and we are going to a hearing, no matter what), have all avoided a potential arbitration hearing. […]
Matt Sosnick is a good friend of this blog. He was a subject of an Interview with the Agent in April of 2007, and in March 2009, he answered your questions regarding draft expectations, how to make contacts with people in the sports agent business, and recruiting tactics. Wedged in between, in 2008, Sosnick spoke […]
Prior to this past weekend, Zack Greinke was represented by baseball powerhouse SFX. Many believe that Greinke was frustrated with being “stuck” in Kansas City, and made a switch to a new agency with the hope that it would possibly cause the Royals organization to move him to a new team. Greinke switched to Jeff […]
Yesterday, it was announced that the Major League Baseball minimum salary in the 2011 Championship Season will be $414,000. It is a $14,000 raise over the 2010 minimum. Article VI of the 2007-2011 MLB Collective Bargaining Agreement (referred to as the “Basic Agreement”) deals with player salaries. Specifically, Section B of the Article contemplates Minimum […]
Monday’s post about Cliff Lee’s taxes created quite an interesting discussion in the comments section. Off of the site, I had a good conversation with Robert Raiola, a CPA at Van Duyne, Behrens & Co., P.A. Raiola helps many athletes with their taxes and provided great insight to Darren Rovell of CNBC in his piece on Cliff Lee […]
It would be silly for Cliff Lee and his team of advisors to not take into consider the tax consequences of signing a long-term contract. Lee is looking to sign a 7-year contract, which will lock him up in a certain locale, where he will play all of his home games and likely be taxed […]