Most agents representing MLB players don’t publicly gloat. But most agents don’t take the heat from their colleagues that Rafa Nieves apparently did when he negotiated a one-year, $23.5-million deal for Teoscar Hernández with the Dodgers last offseason.
Nieves, who has accumulated a star-studded clientele of primarily Latino players, answered his critics with a fact-packed X post that he believes exonerates his representation of the Dodgers left fielder: “9 months ago every agent criticized me and Teo for taking a 1-year deal. The truth is, the market was soft for everyone, and he was coming off a down year while playing in a very pitcher friendly environment.