Dan Horwits is an American sports agent, certified by the

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. He is currently a partner at

Beverly Hills Sports Council Beverly or Beverley may refer to: Places Australia *Beverley, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide *Beverley, Western Australia, a town *Shire of Beverley, Western Australia Canada * Beverly, Alberta, a town that amalgamated with the City of E ...

, a sports agency located in

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that represents

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players. Beverly Hills Sports Council was ranked in a recent publishing by Forbes.com as the 10th most valuable MLB agency.

Background

Horwits earned his undergraduate degree from

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, where he played Division III baseball and basketball, and his law degree from

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. He began as an intern at Beverly Hills Sports Council while still attending law school.

Career

Horwits eventually became part-owner of the agency, and personally represented players including

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, and

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. He is an expert at baseball’s arbitration process and has prepared hundreds of cases. In January 2000, Horwits and

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general manager

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agreed to restructure the last year of outfielder

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’s contract so he would become a free agent. The $5.9m salary would be deferred and later reported to be $1.19m paid to Bonilla every year from 2011 to 2035. In April 2014, his client

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signed a 6-year $52.5m extension with the

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. On December 22, 2015, his client

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signed a 5-year $80 million contract with the

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, after talks with general manager

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began only a week and a half earlier.

References

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