Scott Boras and company have landed another top MLB client. Two league sources confirmed that Mike Gonzalez of the Atlanta Braves has switched to Scott Boras, leaving Dan Lozano of the Beverly Hills Sports Council. According to Mark Bowman of MLBBlogs, the move to Boras is not suspected to cause any problems between Gonzalez and […]
Category: Arbitration
On the pitch, Chelsea is consistently one of the strongest clubs, but off the field the club has had its fair share of disputes. Most recently, the club received notice that they will lose the privilege of signing new players to their squad until January 2011. Chelsea has stated they plan to mount the strongest […]
Squawking Baseball has an excellent interview on its site with John Coppolella, Director of Baseball Administration for the Atlanta Braves. The discussion: salary arbitration. Here are my favorite Q&A’s: How much do you weigh past precedent in formulating the team’s offer? Past precedent definitely plays a role, but as any agent will tell you, the […]
What: Symposium: Arbitrating Sports: Reflections on USADA/Landis, the Olympic Games, and the Future of Sports Dispute Resolution. Where: Pepperdine University School of Law When: February 27 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Panels: Reflections on USADA v. Floyd Landis The Olympic Games The Future of Sports Dispute Resolution The Perspective of the Press and Public […]
Yesterday, Dominic Perilli put together an excellent piece highlighting the decision by Prince Fielder to avoid salary arbitration and what Ryan Howard has to look forward to in the coming month. What about a Florida Marlin looking forward to some fun final-offer arbitration? Dan Uggla is asking for $5.35 million. The Marlins offering $4.4 million. […]
Right now, we are right in the thick of the MLB salary arbitration filing period, which will last until January 15. During this time, players with three to five years of major league experience (there is an exception for certain players with two years experience – “Super Twos”) can file with the hope that a […]
As of yesterday, baseball executives and MLBPA agents had crawled up into the Ritz and glitz of Las Vegas, but this trip is not to enjoy the blackjack tables, luxurious pool decks, and clubs that stay open all hours of the night. The agents and executives are in Vegas for one of the most important […]
If you took notice of my recent Crash Course on MLB Free Agency, then you would know that the deadline for clubs to offer their potential free-agents arbitration expired on December 1 (this past Monday). Twenty-four players were offered arbitration prior to the deadline, but just because a player was not asked to join their […]
The Philadelphia Phillies now boast a 7-1 lifetime record. Until two days ago, the Philadelphia Phillies were invincible. They were undefeated. Fans loved them and swore to never boo them again. Okay, scratch the last sentence…a Philadelphia fan without an arsenal of “boos” is no true Philadelphian. Anyway, the Phillies are no longer flawless when […]
In his third and final year of law school, SportsAgentBlog.com contributor, Jason Wulterkens, wrote a wonderful paper on Major League Baseball’s use of Final-Offer Arbitration (FOA). After noticing my latest report on FOA, Jason decided to send me his law school paper so that I may analyze it and break it down into its most […]