Dan Horwits is an American sports agent, certified by the Major League Baseball Players Association. He is currently a partner at Beverly Hills Sports Council, a sports agency located in Los Angeles that represents Major League Baseball players. Beverly Hills Sports Council was ranked in a recent publishing by Forbes.com as the 10th most valuable MLB agency.[1]
Horwits earned his undergraduate degree from Brandeis University, where he played Division III baseball and basketball, and his law degree from Loyola Law School.[2] He began as an intern at Beverly Hills Sports Council while still attending law school.
Horwits eventually became part-owner of the agency, and personally represented players including John Franco,[3] Keith Foulke,[4] Jason Isringhausen,[5] Arthur Rhodes[6] John Axford,[7] and Ryan Ludwick.[8] He is an expert at baseball’s arbitration process and has prepared hundreds of cases.[9]
In January 2000, Horwits and New York Mets general manager Steve Phillips agreed to restructure the last year of outfielder Bobby Bonilla’s contract so he would become a free agent.[10] The $5.9m salary would be deferred and later reported to be $1.19m paid to Bonilla every year from 2011 to 2035.[11]
In April 2014, his client Jason Kipnis signed a 6-year $52.5m extension with the Cleveland Indians.[12]
On December 22, 2015, his client Mike Leake signed a 5-year $80 million contract with the St. Louis Cardinals, after talks with general manager John Mozeliak began only a week and a half earlier.[13]