Adam Katz

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Adam Katz is an American lawyer and sports agent specializing in baseball. Alongside Joel Wolfe, Katz is the Executive Vice President and Co-Managing Executive of Baseball at Wasserman, [1] a sports agency. Throughout his career, he has represented clients such as Sammy Sosa, [2] Mo Vaughn [3] and Hanley Ramirez. [4]

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Before joining Wasserman, Katz served as President and Partner of the Reich, Katz & Landis Baseball Group. [5]

Background

Katz holds a J.D. from the University of Notre Dame Law School and a B.A. from Dickinson College. [6]

Sports agent career

Katz established himself in the 1980s and 1990s, with four of his clients winning MVP awards: Sammy Sosa (1998), [2] Ken Caminiti (1996), [7] Mo Vaughn (1995) [3] and Willie McGee (1985). [8] [9] As part of the Reich, Katz & Landis Baseball Group, Katz also represented Hall of Famer Tim Raines and All-Stars Andy Ashby, [10] Bret Boone, [11] Chili Davis, [12] Tony Fernandez, [13] Steve Sax, [14] Aaron Sele, [15] Omar Vizquel, [16] and John Wetteland. [17]

Among Katz's contracts are Carlos Lee's $100 million contract with the Houston Astros in 2007, the largest in franchise history at the time, [18] and Mo Vaughn's $80 million contract with the Angels in 1999, which made Vaughn the highest-paid player in baseball at the time. [3]

Katz represents over 30 current baseball players, including Hanley Ramirez, [4] Jeff Samardzija, [19] Kenley Jansen, [20] Bartolo Colon, [21] Kenta Maeda, [22] Yuli Gurriel, [23] Edinson Volquez, [24] Julio Teheran, [25] Jose Quintana [26] and Addison Reed. [27] In 2017, Katz was the 10th-highest-earning baseball agent, according to Forbes. [28]

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