Agent Rafa Nieves’ newly-founded Republik Sports agency will represent several players formerly represented by Nieves at Wasserman. A video published earlier today on Republik’s official Twitter feed reveals the names of 11 players who will continue to be represented by Nieves at this new firm.
We already heard last night that Nationals outfielder Victor Robles (a Nieves client at Wasserman) was joining Republik, and the other ten names cited in the video include a mix of prominent veteran and up-and-coming stars. The list consists of Indians infielder Jose Ramirez, Reds right-hander Luis Castillo, Pirates outfielder Gregory Polanco, Athletics right-hander Frankie Montas, Blue Jays outfielder Teoscar Hernandez, Rockies righty Antonio Senzatela, Padres outfielder Franchy Cordero, Marlins catcher Francisco Cervelli, and White Sox relievers Alex Colome and Kelvin Herrera.
As we’ve seen in several past cases of representatives changing agencies or starting new agencies, it’s quite common for players to continue using the same agent even after that rep becomes part of another company. We saw this in 2017 with Nieves himself, as several of the aforementioned players (namely Ramirez, Robles, Herrera, Colome, Cervelli, Polanco, and Montas) all went with Nieves when the agent moved from the Beverly Hills Sports Council to Wasserman.
The 10 changes have all been updated in our Agency Database. If you see any notable errors or omissions within the database, please let us know via e-mail: mlbtrdatabase@gmail.com.
I just like saying “Could’ve been Marlin – Luis Castillo”.
And Kyle Hendricks could’ve been a Ranger
Yeah. I don’t like saying that one lol.
Or a Giant, which no one weirdly talks about.
Or a Padre
Thanks to Ryan Dempster hes not.
Soon… We’ll be hanging on to reports of players’ bowel movements.
I’d hate to be the guy reporting on Ryan Braun’s.
Theyve been reporting on agency movements for a decade?
This Nieves guy moves around a lot.
Republik
Short for Republic of Rubik’s Cubes.
There are players on that list that retired like 8/10 years ago.. And some current players not on there. Needs updated!!
I’m surprised anyone wants to work with Jose Ramirez. he has RBF. Hes this generations glenallen hill. They never smile.
At least he isn’t afraid of spiders…
As long as he hits