Nez Balelo, Shohei Ohtani's agent, spills the beans on the negotiations and the philosophy behind the historic contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

With Shohei Ohtani now officially a member of the Dodgers and in possession of a record-setting 10-year, $700M contract, agent Nez Balelo pulled back the curtain a bit on Ohtani’s very secretive ...

Finally, it was Balelo who broke the bad news to Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer after Ohtani chose the Dodgers. How Ohtani’s free agency developed is exactly how Balelo and ...

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Shohei Ohtani's agent, Nez Balelo, has been consistently coy about his client's contract status, but he hinted Monday at something many in the industry had long assumed -- that ...

Agent Nez Balelo says Ohtani is not risking his arm by continuing to DH while collecting information about his options to repair it and stresses that Ohtani will be ready to at least hit at the ...

Nez Balelo negotiated a 10-year, $700 million deal for Shohei Ohtani with Los Angeles Dodgers. The agent said secrecy was key to getting deal done.

Nez Balelo would not comment on the status of talks between Ohtani and the Angels about a contract extension. He said he’s “open” anytime, but added that it’s more difficult to negotiate ...

On Friday, I wrote that in the absence of any explanation from Shohei Ohtani and his agent, Nez Balelo, there was only speculation about the two-way superstar’s torn UCL. Three days later ...

LAS VEGAS — Shohei Ohtani and his agent, Nez Balelo, are focused on 2023. Anything beyond next season with the Angels continues to be just wait and see. “We haven’t really given that a lot ...