Four years later, Tatis signed a $340 million, 14-year contract with the Padres. Tatis now asserts it is problematic that he will pay “more than 1,700% of the sum advanced in 2017” to BLA.

San Diego Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr. filed a lawsuit Monday against Big League Advance in an attempt to void the future earnings contract he signed as a 17-year-old minor leaguer that could ...

The now-26-year-old San Diego Padres star filed a lawsuit Monday against investment company Big League Advance (BLA), which Tatis could owe approximately $34 million of the $340 million, 14-year ...

Big League Advance was founded by former MLB pitcher Michael Schwimer with a venture-capital model: it offers minor league players upfront capital in exchange for a fixed percentage (typically 5 ...

In January 2016, the same month that Big League Advance, one of the firms that Rojas used, was founded, the MLBPA sent a confidential memo to player agents warning that “the future earnings BLA ...

San Diego Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr. filed a lawsuit Monday against Big League Advance in an attempt to void the future earnings contract he signed as a 17-year-old minor leaguer that could ...