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Fox Sports baseball writer Jon Morosi has tweeted that sources have told him Brennan Boesch is now represented by Scott Boras of Boras Corp. [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/jonmorosi/status/228200844288458752″] A Boras Corp. representative has confirmed to Sports Agent Blog that the company has signed Boesch. Boesch, a left fielder for the Detroit Tigers, will be arbitration eligible for the first time […]
As of 5 p.m. EST on Friday, July 13, 2012, the signing period for players who were selected in the 2012 Major League Baseball Rule 4 Draft had elapsed. Draftees who signed with the clubs that selected them were added to their respective farm systems, and those who failed to sign will either play at […]
Keep up with Sports Agent Blog on Twitter | Facebook | RSS First, Belmont University law school student and aspiring sports/entertainment agent Mark J. Burns, took our 2012 NFL Draft Rounds 1-7 Picks (Player/Agent) list and turned it into a fantastic spreadsheet. Now Burns has decided to go one step further and turn our 2012 MLB Draft Round 1 Advisors/Players List into two spreadsheets: (1) organized […]
Statistics and baseball are like biscuits and gravy…if you are from the South. One person that does not need any convincing regarding that statement is Marc Rubin, co-owner of RayRubin Sports Analysts. Rubin has been a statistics professor at Southern New Hampshire University Graduate School of Business for over 25 years and is frequently hired by baseball agents […]
I have a new column up at Forbes that talks about the Ohio State Bar Association’s recent stance on agents acting in the capacity of lawyers and possibly engaging in the unauthorized practice of law. Please click here to read the in-depth article, which brings back memories to Andrew Oliver’s litigation. Here is a small section of […]
Prior coverage of MLB Draft (advisor/player) relationships: 2011 Keep up with Sports Agent Blog on Twitter | Facebook | RSS First Round + Supplemental First Highlights CAA Baseball with 7 clients selected – 11.67% Scott Boras with 6 clients selected – 10% The Legacy Agency with 5 clients selected – 8.33% SFX Baseball with 5 clients selected – 8.33% ICON Sports with 5 clients selected – […]
It happens all the time. An agent goes from one company to another and brings his clients with him. In the case of baseball agent Josh Yates, he is on to his third company in the span of roughly five years. Yates began his career as a baseball agent with the company CSMG, which had […]
Former Major League Baseball pitcher Braden Looper had a very solid career. The reliever from Wichita State University played for four different MLB teams in his 11 year stint. Throughout those 11 years, Looper was represented by Randy Hendricks and Alan Hendricks of Hendricks Sports Management. While Looper has officially hung up his cleats, he […]
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 […]
Almost exactly a year ago, I reported that New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira fired his longtime agent Scott Boras in the middle of an 8-year, $160 million contract that Boras negotiated. Boras will continue to be paid his commission on said contract, which has a term that spans until 2016. It’s hard to forget the things that Teixeira […]