Several months ago, New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano reportedly asked for a contract paying him a total of $300 million over the term of the deal. And then ESPN’s Buster Olney said that Cano is still looking for $300 million (plus another $5 million) over the course of a 10-year contract. The Yankees and Cano’s […]
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 regular day-to-day shortstop for the Detroit Tigers is suspended. Jhonny Peralta was given a 50-game ban due to his purported involvement with the Miami-based Biogenesis clinic. But the Tigers are not in terrible shape. That is because the team was able to pull off a trade that brought Cuban-born shortstop José Iglesias on board. […]
The following article is a guest contribution by written by Evan Zepfel. Zepfel is a Portfolio Management Analyst at PAAMCO, is a graduate of Harvard College, was a member of Harvard’s Varsity Water Polo team and served a sports editor for The Harvard Crimson. On Monday, Major League Baseball announced an extended suspension for Alex Rodriguez […]
Baseball agent Andrew Lowenthal has been added to the Jet Sports family. Tampa, Florida-based Jet Sports Management is managed by B.B. Abbott, who created the company in 1999 after four years of practicing law. Today, Jet Sports Management represents Atlanta Braves catcher Brian McCann, Chicago White Sox pitcher Chris Sale and Seattle Mariners catcher Mike […]
Many players selected by MLB organizations have signed since the 2013 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft ended roughly a month ago. Just yesterday, the 2013-14 international signing period began, and already, certain players have also signed agreements with MLB clubs. This can understandably be quite a busy time of year for a baseball agency that represents many Latin […]
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In 2009, MLBPA Certified Agents Larry O’Brien, Kurt Varricchio and Barton Cerioni agreed to merge their athlete representation firms to form Full Circle Sports Management, LLC. The company strictly focuses on the representation of professional baseball players with roughly 10 Major League Baseball players as clients, including Detroit Tigers pitcher Phil Coke. One of its clients was St. Louis Cardinals right handed pitcher […]
Minnesota Twins prospect Miguel Sano is not yet a household name. But it will not be long before he is on every baseball fan’s radar. The 19-year-old from the Dominican Republic is ranked as the top prospect in the Twins organization and a top ten prospect (by Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus) in all of […]
A lengthy article on Mike Napoli written by Alex Speier of WEEI not only provides excellent insight about the new power hitter in the middle of the Boston Red Sox lineup, but also his agent. Napoli’s agent, Brian Grieper, is a South Florida-based baseball agent who is part of the growing team at Paragon Sports International. Speier’s […]