The Legacy Agency was recently ranked one of the top-five MLB sports agencies in 2014, according to research by Forbes.com. TLA represents the likes of OF Carl Crawford (Los Angeles Dodgers), P Edwin Jackson (Chicago Cubs) and 2B Rickie Weeks (Milwaukee Brewers). The standout athlete representation and marketing firm also recently inked top Houston Astros […]
Chicago White Sox reliever Matt Lindstrom is currently in the middle of a 1-year, $2.8 million contract he signed in January of this year. There is a $4 million option for 2014, which includes a buyout if the White Sox choose to not pick up the option. However, all signs seem to indicate that the […]
The election of Barack Obama to a second term as President of the United States has some baseball agents posturing about how their players will be affected economically (via taxation) and team executives responding in kind. Recently, Ronald Blum of the Associated Press spoke to several baseball influencers who opined on the subject with differing […]
The Legacy Agency (TLA) has acquired the business and assets of Peter E. Greenberg and Associates (PEG), which will enhance TLA’s baseball division by providing a better connection to Latin America and Japan. The transaction happens to be a perfect match between two companies that have a favorable reputation in the baseball industry. TLA is […]
Every year, Sports Illustrated publishes its Fortunate 50, which highlights the top earning athletes in the United States (SI separately produces the International 20). This year’s Fortunate 50 is led by Floyd Mayweather, Jr., who took in $85 million from two fights and zero endorsements. The phrase “boxing is dead” clearly does not apply in Mayweather’s case (prize […]
Last Friday, I came across an article titled, Ed Reed Is a Terrible Sports Agent. Who knew that Reed could be his own agent (hint: the principal/agent relationship doesn’t work that way)? Then again, who knows where Reed is getting his advice from these days? According to InsideTheLeague.com, Reed is conducting interviews with several agents. […]
Oakland Athletics second baseman Jemile Weeks has switched representation, going from Williams & Connolly (Washington D.C.-based law firm) to Casey Close of Excel Sports Management. Weeks was a Williams & Connolly client when he was selected by the A’s with the 12th overall pick in the 2008 MLB Draft. He played his college ball at the University of Miami. Rickie […]
A couple of weeks ago, I linked to the official press release that documented the merging of a baseball agency (Legacy Sports Group – principals: Greg Genske, Scott Parker and Brian Peters) and a marketing agency (The Agency Sports Management – principals: Jordan Bazant, Kevin Canning, Peter Raskin, Russ Spielman, Andrew Witlieb) to form a […]
Prior to last night, if baseball agent Dan Lozano was a stock, his rating would be “Buy, Buy, Buy.” It is not a far-fetched claim to state that no agent, in any sport, has experienced the meteoric rise in popularity in the past few years that Danny Lozano has accomplished. Lozano departed from Beverly Hills Sports […]
Baseball agent Dan Lozano of Icon Sports Group has recently found himself on the right side of our On To The Next One segment. In the beginning of 2011, New York Yankees right fielder and first baseman Nick Swisher left Ohio based agent, Joe Bick of Pro Star Management, Inc for Danny Lozano. Then, it was reported that young stud Yonder Alonso of the Cincinnati Reds […]