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]

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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