3:00pm: Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle points out that Bregman’s departure from Klutch coincides with last week’s announcement that Uninterrupted, a film production company co-founded by fellow Klutch client LeBron James, is creating a documentary exploring the Astros’ sign-stealing scandal in 2017. Bleacher Report’s Tyler Conway has more on the forthcoming docuseries.
12:56pm: Star Astros third baseman Alex Bregman is seeking new representation, according to MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand (via Twitter). Once a change is made, it’ll be reflected in MLBTR’s Agency Database.
This is an interesting move for a variety of reasons (no, not related to trashcan-banging schemes). For one thing, while player movement between agencies is hardly unusual, it’s rare that we see reporting of a “free agent” in search of a new rep.
Bregman is not just any ballplayer, either. The 26-year-old has just kept improving and was undeniably one of the best in the sport in 2019.
Other teams won’t have a chance to lure the Houston stalwart for some time. Bregman is under contract through 2024 under the deal worked out by his now-former agent, Brodie Scoffield, which covered five seasons (beginning in 2020) and guaranteed $100MM. At the time of the pact, Scoffield had recently left the Legacy Agency to form his own outfit, Tidal Sports Group. He brought Bregman and other major clients with him. Legacy was later acquired by GSE Worldwide.
Bregman was the crown jewel of the client list when hoops powerhouse Klutch Sports bought Tidal earlier this year, although there’s been a good bit of turmoil surrounding that firm in recent weeks. MLB Network’s Jon Heyman tweeted recently that an arbitrator ruled Klutch/Scoffield will be required to split agent fees 50-50 with GSE for not only Bregman but other clients including Marcus Stroman, Kevin Gausman and Keston Hiura over the next five years.
The role that said arbitration hearing played in Bregman’s departure from the firm isn’t known at this time. Regardless, he’s sure to be pursued widely by virtually every agency in the game. Even though he’s currently signed through 2024, Bregman will still be up for a new contract in advance of the 2025 campaign — his age-31 season. And so long as he maintains his all-around excellence, the Astros may eventually hold some degree of interest in hammering out another long-term deal to retain him into his mid-30s.
I know a really good defense attorney who could represent him.
Seriously. Can we please replace the leading word “star” with “proven cheater”? No one even knows if this guy can hit major league pitching if he doesn’t know what pitch is coming. How can anyone still call him a star with a straight face? Seems intellectually dishonest.
I personally believe most of the Astros are good players IMO, but when you put that cheating doubt in people’s minds, it stays. Unless they go out and win 100 games (which would be hard in an 82 game season), I think people will still doubt them, and I agree.
No doubt they have several great players but they chose to cheat and now you never know if they deserved that World Series.
and we’ll also never know if they dont so it should at least be open to debate and interpretation.
agreed
I agree Rangers, be is ima
Posted before done…Beisbola is simply a troll who obviously can’t think about anything other than the Astros
Rangers29 Is that your honest personal opinion, or are you honestly stating that’s your opinion, personally? Which one I’m confused . . .
I thought beisbola hated the Yankees.
Astos2017? Me too. I hardly comment except to say the whole astos organization should be scrapped. Players exiled from baseball for life.
Poor astos people do not like them and those that do are ashamed. The poor kids. What a mind squeeze. For life.
This is the dumbest statement I think I’ve ever seen on here, and I’ve seen a lot!
Lying over and over for the past five months seems intellectually dishonest but here you still are. None of the Yankees are going to sleep with you bro.
Lying? Lol these Asterisk trolls think they have actually denied reality with all their whitewashing.
It’s funny you bring up reality because in reality, the Astros are your 2017 World Series champions. Lol.
Beisbolista is a liar and a hypocrite. The Astros suck and are an embarrassment. Both can be true.
@beisbolista:
Have your critical thinking skills always been an area that need improvement, or have those skills detiorated significantly since the Astro sign-stealing story broke? Or maybe you post without full processing your thoughts? It can be easy to do, but it doesn’t always reflect a person in the best light.
Trying to paint Bregman as someone who cannot hit is about as ridiculous as the last(for a reason) Dodger game I was at several years ago where Dodger fans chanted,”Yankees s#€k!” after our Dodgers won ONE GAME against them. I’d assume you’d fit into that less than bright grouping of fans involved in that chant.
Not trying to be funny, but you can literally find out if they were cheating or not by looking at the data on who was at the plate during trash can banging. I remember a report coming out that cleared players like Brian McCann who didn’t want to participate in it.
Ah yes, but did it prove those players didn’t want to participate OR did it mean they were wearing buzzers and therefore didn’t need the can banging? Seriously, because one of the guys who batted the fewest times during the banging was none other than – drum bang er roll please – Altuve!
I hate to say it, but its a fair point. Until he proves otherwise we just don’t know how much cheating helped his great numbers.
Fangraphs has an article that links the bangs to actual outcomes of the at-bats so you can see that at least. The whole buzzer thing is just suspicion. I’m not an Astros fan, I also haven’t seen a good enough argument to prove it was used. Why would they confess to literally everything but the buzzer thing if they were under investigation and had complete immunity and couldn’t be punished? Especially the players that have left to go to other teams not saying anything. They also would know they’d be under an intense microscope for the 2020 season +.
I have no evidence either, obviously, but how else do you explain that ridiculous refusal to have his uni torn off?
Maybe his nipples were hard and didn’t want the world to see how excited he gets playing baseball
The Astros are seriously living in people’s heads
I find it funny.
Rent-free baby! Wealthy brain squatting…
I hear Groucho from Sesame Street is available…
I retract my statement above, this surpasses the limit of dumbest comment I’ve ever seen on here.
It’s an ever-decreasing bar to slide under.
Rocker49? Please for the sake of the legions of followers of your word. Do not retract!! Please. We have trouble enough following your comments.
You mean Oscar the Grouch? Groucho is one of the Marx brothers
Eh whatever. I haven’t watched Sesame Street in over 25 years lol.
New agency won’t shake the cheater stink. Good luck kid.
He saw this coming…
cheatercheatercheatercheatercheater
Only two are needed for a pumpkin eater.
[generic and unfunny trash can comment]
So, another future Boras client…
Well as much as I’m tired of the cheater comments… I would have to agree the slimy greedy snake (Boras) will welcome any player that will make his bank account grow larger and eventually cost the fans more at the ticket office.
Why wouldn’t Boras represent him if Manfred and Crane won’t even discipline him? Why should Boras be held to a different standard than anyone else?
Was your uncle a Sandanista?
Scott Boras would represent Jack The Ripper and Charles Manson, and say what assets they are to mankind.
what do you have against boras? he’s great at his job
Tward…absolutely he is, best in the business
Because some fans look at baseball with suboptimal EQ and IQ.
True story.
paddy o875? Ouch brah. Big word and initials and hurt. Wow you a big thunker.
Cecil…..fortunately for some, pain may be felt less deeply by those who oppose words of more than two syllables.
Similarly, sensation of hurt and loss varies in depth between humans, chimps, and mice. I’ll let you decide where might beisbolista’s mental acuity might lay.
Not surprising he is leaving Klutch right after LeBron annnounces the Astro’s Cheating doc.
And if you look above at the 8 former comments, you will see the typical attitude of this site lol.
I think you mean the typical attitude of all of the Internet
Better call Saul
It’s all good man! Best Tb drama character name ever.
Or TV even.
Perhaps he could find someone who can give him better advice regarding his deportment. Just a thought.
Bregman and Boras seem like two peas in a pod. Just a matter of time.
Given that he just signed an extension, can he just go without an agent until he approaches free agency again? I understand the benefits of having representation though.
Also, since his previous agent negotiated his extension, does he still owe him over the life of his current contract?
Star players, and lesser ones also, make big money off of advertisements and so forth
And for all the crap Bregman catches for the cheating scandal and for being so brash, he is as good as anyone getting him name out there. He has also been far and away the best in Houston at getting support for aid during the Covid crisis. I think for a guy like Alex representation right now is of great importance
He is such a good guy,I hear he goes neighborhood to neighborhood in Houston bangin on trash cans to let them know the Virus is coming. At least h is putting his code breaking talents to good use
@JDGoat Do you live under a rock, or are you really that much in denial? Truly bizarre
Haters gonna hate.
Yankees cheated their way to their last 5 WS Championships with Roided up players.
This trashcan BS is small potatoes compared to the Yankees illegal drugs cheating rosters…
You know lots of other teams had people using steroids too right? Pretending only Yankees were roiding is such a tired and delusional narrative, especially since the Red Sox were carried by known cheaters Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz to championships. Grow up.
Ya know who needs to be checked? Steve Pierce!!! upper 30s and hittin tanks? i understand cruz is doin it more and is 40 something i think but pierce was unheard of before 2018 world series
I would have never guessed agencies buy out other agencies so much
waste management?
Bregman has to be one of the least likable players in MLB. Not only is he a cheater but he’s a toxic manchild. Remember when he was DMing fans on Twitter just to insult them for tweeting about him? Completely pathetic and unbecoming of someone who’s supposed to be a “superstar” athlete. I don’t care if he hits .300 for the rest of his career, he’s an immature scumbag that no rational fanbase could ever root for.
I heard Waste Management might be able to represent Alex Bregman and demand more trash cans, maybe even a dumpster in his contract?
We all know the Astros cheated. It would be nice if we could talk baseball, even when the Astros are mentioned instead of it breaking down into expressions and memes.
I would expect his cheating will not be a hindrance to his earning a big pay day. The team winning his services will consider it “water under the bridge” and will sport all sorts of metrics to support his acquisition; his new fans will be delighted by his signing eager to avoid cognitive dissonance. The lesson in our culture is cheating is ok as long as you don’t get caught and even if you do, time heals. .
People make mistakes, especially in a mob setting. They should be punished and shamed… but exactly for how long do you rub their noses in the poo? Five seasons… whole career? They got caught up in the moment oh and by the way… their kids. Pampered, spoiled and invincible. They are getting their due and that’s good enough. Or, maybe we shoot them? Idk
How DARE they explore the Astros sign stealing scandal? Bregman cries out in pain as he strikes you
Someone mentioned Groucho Marx earlier. It reminded me that one time while lounging at home, I saw Bregman hit a home run while in my pajamas. What he was doing in my pajamas I’ll never know.
lol ok
I dont have any agent experience but i would be happy to represent him as long as i get a good percentage of his contract.
Maybe Bregman’s new agency can secure an endorsement from Behrens, a large company and maker of metal garbage cans…
Behrens Is one of the leading trash can manufacturers in the US. They sound like perfect representation.
Trash representing trash. I love it.
Bangman should retire.
Bregman and LeBron share the same agent. James’ production company is releasing a documentary on the Astros scandal. Apparently that’s why he left.
I will never root for cheating arrogant Bregman
How do I get In touch with him? My brothers friend, Albert wants to start being an agent. He’s super smart.
cheater!!! dirty rotten cheater
So a cheat & a crybaby. Pathetic.
Really ahsame they cheated. That world series was so great.