Comments on: Yoenis Cespedes has been sued in the Dominican Republic

By: racksie

racksie — Wed, 02 May 2012 14:10:15 +0000

Politely disagree, considering age, and the fact, he may not be the age stated. Point taken, though. Let’s talk in 4 years and see how this working out for him.

By: jdl1325

jdl1325 — Wed, 02 May 2012 14:08:02 +0000

The Marlins supposedly offered 6 years at $40 million. I think the 4 for $36 was the right decision.

By: racksie

racksie — Wed, 02 May 2012 10:35:20 +0000

Didn’t this guy turn down more years, and, more money for this deal? I’m thinking, he has a predatory agent. 17 percent? That’s a huge number.

By: downhillrider

downhillrider — Wed, 02 May 2012 05:37:47 +0000

I would say MLB is. they allow this loophole in the 1st place.

By: nekotman

nekotman — Wed, 02 May 2012 05:23:16 +0000

So who is the bigger crook? The player or the academy? I say both equally.

By: jwbiii

jwbiii — Wed, 02 May 2012 03:35:00 +0000

What I meant was that the agent’s cut, usually 5% above the minimum, would be deducted from the player’s check and sent to his agent.

By: sophiethegreatdane

sophiethegreatdane — Wed, 02 May 2012 02:37:12 +0000

>>I thought player agents got paid directly by the teams

I may be misunderstanding your comment, but of course agents are paid by the player. That’s why they are player agents. If they worked for the team, they would try to minimize player salaries, not maximize them, right?

By: jwbiii

jwbiii — Tue, 01 May 2012 22:26:21 +0000

If Born to Play produced those videos of him, they may have earned that $6M.

I thought player agents got paid directly by the teams. You’d think we would have heard more about this sort of thing if this is not the case.

By: sabathiawouldbegoodattheeighthtoo

sabathiawouldbegoodattheeighthtoo — Tue, 01 May 2012 21:47:42 +0000

Do contracts fall under the whole, wet-foot/dry-foot policy?

By: randygnyc

randygnyc — Tue, 01 May 2012 21:38:27 +0000

Why is that so hard to believe, Craig? Haven’t you ever been drunk, curled up around the base of a toilet bowl, making promises out of desperation?

By: darthicarus

darthicarus — Tue, 01 May 2012 21:11:10 +0000

When asked to comment, Cespesdes had this to say, “I’m not sure what you are talking about. My name is Fausto Carmona.”