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On To The Next One: Heath Bell

Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Heath Bell has left ACES and will be represented by Dan Lozano. Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Heath Bell has left ACES and will be represented by Dan Lozano. Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Heath Bell has left ACES and will be represented by Dan Lozano. Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports.

Arizona Diamondbacks relief pitcher, Heath Bell, is in his first year with the club.  On December 1, 2011, he signed a hefty 3-year, $27 million contract with the Miami Marlins, but as was the case with the vast majority of players signed to large contracts with the Marlins, Bell was on his way out of Miami rather quickly.

Bell was represented by ACES Baseball when he signed the deal and stayed with the agency after he was traded to the Diamondbacks.  However, according to Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com, Bell has departed from ACES and signed with baseball agent Dan Lozano.

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Bell becomes the latest player to leave ACES, which is developing quite a list of former clientele now managed by competitors.  That list includes Fernando Rodney, Nyjer Morgan, Shane Victorino and Jonny Gomes.  Rodney also left ACES to sign with Lozano.

By Darren Heitner

Darren Heitner created Sports Agent Blog as a New Year's Resolution on December 31, 2005. Originally titled, "I Want To Be A Sports Agent," the website was founded with the intention of causing Heitner to learn more about the profession that he wanted to join, meet reputable individuals in the space and force himself to stay on top of the latest news and trends.

Heitner now runs Heitner Legal, P.L.L.C., which is a law firm with many practice areas, including sports law and contract law. Heitner has represented numerous athletes and sports agents as legal counsel. He has also served as an Adjunct Professor at Indiana University Bloomington from 2011-2014, where he created and taught a course titled, Sport Agency Management, which included subjects ranging from NCAA regulations to athlete agent certification and the rules governing the profession. Heitner serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where he teaches a Sports Law class that includes case law surrounding athlete agents and the NCAA rules.