With the 2015 Baseball Winter Meetings kicking off today down in Nashville, TN, there will likely be a flood of baseball transactions and MLB-related news. Per a Tweet by MLB Trade Rumors’ Tim Dierkes, Yankees catching prospect Gary Sanchez has signed with the newly formed Magnus Sports. He joins Reds closer Aroldis Chapman at the joint venture […]
Rapper and business mogul, Jay-Z, seems to have paved the way for entertainers to test their hand in the sports representation world. Actor, musician and producer, Marc Anthony, announced on Monday that he has created Magnus Sports to represent baseball players. According to an article by Ken Rosenthal, the company will focus on working with Latin […]
Per Sports Business Journal, Relativity Sports has signed Chicago White Sox first basemen and 2014 American League Rookie of the Year Jose Abreu for representation. At Relativity, agent Diego Bentz will lead his representation. Abreu was previously represented by Praver Shapiro. The second year, 28-year old Cuba native has played in 57 games this season […]
According to a Tweet by Jerry Crasnick, Detroit Tigers reliever Al Alburquerque has signed with Praver/Shapiro Group for his representation. He was previously represented by Rick Thurman of the Beverly Hills Sports Council. The 28-year old Dominican Republic native is in his fifth MLB season, all with the Tigers. He began his professional career in […]
Busy busy week. Prepping hard for a hearing on a preliminary injunction in a major trademark infringement case, picked up a new NFLPA grievance and there was that whole Dyron Dye situation I had to deal with. Thank G-d the weekend is here, although while I will be having a little fun, it will be […]