One of Dynasty‘s newest baseball clients, has been on a tear since signing with the sports and talent agency. Kyle McPherson, a 14th round pick of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2007 amateur entry Draft got the start for the Low A West Virginia Power last night and went 5 innings with 6 strike outs […]
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Josh Faiola Has Some Assistance
Minor League players and Independent ball players barely make enough money to survive. For those players who have wives and even kids, who they need to buy youth baseball cleats for, the very low salary makes it extremely difficult for any type of extended stay in the Minors. Some have hung-up their cleats for this […]
What took them so long? As sports agents, we have a fiduciary duty to act in our clients’ best interests at all times. That includes informing them of the ramifications of abusing an illegal substance. It also means that we can’t be pushing or selling performance enhancing drugs to our clients. All of us would […]
I run across new agency web sites all the time, and when I do, I make sure to add them to our always growing database of Agency web site links. The latest edition is Jet Sports Management, which is located in my own state of Florida and is strictly a baseball agency. Its founder is […]
When you throw 23 pitches, 17 of them for strikes, and don’t allow any runs, something good is happening on the mound. Pete Parise continues to show that he is more than capable to pitch in Double A and hopes to soon be showing his stuff at a higher level. Last night, Parise went 2 […]
This weekend, Creative Artists Agency (CAA) has a shot at having 11 of its clients selected in the first-round of the NFL Draft. There are only 32 picks in the first-round. CAA’s dominance in football is downright scary, but the company also has a very strong presence in other major American sports. Their basketball division […]
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Independent Baseball Outlook
There is no such thing as the Independent Baseball League. Instead, there are various independent baseball leagues, operating under this common title because none of them are affiliated with Major League Baseball or the MLB Minor League Affiliates. These independent leagues serve two main purposes: 1) To provide a place for those initially overlooked to […]
Earlier this week, Jimmy Scott’s High & Tight interviewed former MLB player, Desi Relaford. Jimmy gave me a tip to check it out because the topic turned to Desi’s agents. Instead of listening to the long clip, I started in that particular area of conversation, which begins around the 27 minute mark. Desi originally signed […]
Right now is my favorite time of the year. The weather is beautiful, classes are winding down, and baseball season is underway! There has been a lot of talk about how the economy has and will continue to affect the business of sports. While less tickets will be sold in every sport, I do not […]
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MLB Assignments And Cuts
Last week, we found out that Dynasty‘s Pete Parise will be starting the year with the AA Springfield Cardinals. Additionally, Kyle Gunderson and Dan Leatherman (after a brief stint in extended Spring Training) will be with the High A Potomac Nationals. But not all players were happy throughout different stages of last week, when MLB […]