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Nelson Cruz Switches Agents

By Mark Polishuk | October 6, 2014 at 12:25pm CDT

Nelson Cruz has switched agencies and is now represented by Diego Bentz of Relativity Sports, FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal reports (via Twitter).  Cruz had previously been represented by WMG’s Adam Katz.

Though Cruz and the Orioles are on their way to the ALCS, the 34-year-old slugger is clearly preparing himself for free agency this winter.  Cruz received only a one-year, $8MM deal from Baltimore on the open market last offseason as his value was depressed by a PED suspension, his age and the first-round draft pick compensation tied to him via the qualifying offer.  After hitting 40 homers with a .859 OPS in 2014, however, Cruz looks in good shape to score a multiyear deal even though the O’s will surely tag him with the qualifying offer.

Relativity’s list of baseball clients includes such major names as David Ortiz, Miguel Cabrera, Justin Verlander, Andrelton Simmons, Jordan Zimmermann, Julio Teheran, Paul Goldschmidt, Madison Bumgarner and Jhonny Peralta.  As ESPN’s Enrique Rojas tweets (in Spanish), Peralta received a four-year, $53MM deal from the Cardinals last winter despite his own ties to the Biogenesis scandal, though Peralta didn’t have draft pick compensation hanging over him.

For more on who represents who around the baseball world, check out the MLBTR Agency Database.

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6 Comments

  1. calamityfrancis

    11 years ago

    Can’t imagine the agent he just dumped is very happy right now…

    Reply
  2. bgardnerfanclub

    11 years ago

    I am a little disappointed it wasn’t to Jay-Z.

    Reply
  3. dylanp5030

    11 years ago

    He shouldn’t be able to recieve a QO. This needs to be fixed.

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    • Jim Johnson

      11 years ago

      Why?

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      • gammaraze

        11 years ago

        Clearly a guy who hit the Mendoza Line for 3 straight months shouldn’t be hamstrung by a $14.1M (last year’s QO) offer…

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  4. RuralRepublican1

    11 years ago

    The Oroiles thriftiness with their MVP will cost them in the ALCS.

    Reply

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