TAMPA (SNN-TV) – Global sports management and marketing firm Wasserman added to its Major League Baseball roster, acquiring Tampa-based Jet Sports Management.
In the transaction, Wasserman’s baseball unit will merge Jet Sports clients, which include All-Stars Byron Buxton and Matt Olson and Hall of Famer Chipper Jones.
Jet Sports founder B.B. Abbott will join Wasserman as executive vice president and baseball managing executive. He’ll be accompanied by eight Jet employees, including six other MLB agents, which included former big-leaguer and Bradenton native, Tyler Pastornicky.