Post by JohnM on Feb 6, 2013 6:49:58 GMT -5
by Bill Madden
Former Yankees prospect Jesus Montero, now with the Seattle Mariners, linked to Anthony Bosch and performance-enhancing drugs
More bad news for agents Seth and Sam Levinson: Their client, former Yankee catcher Jesus Montero, is named in records from a South Florida anti-aging clinic linked to performance-enhancing drugs, the Daily News has learned.
Montero, a top prospect who was traded to the Mariners before last season, is just the latest client of ACES, the Levinson brothers’ Brooklyn-based sports agency, who has been linked to Biogenesis, the now-shuttered Coral Gables clinic operated by self-described “biochemist” Anthony Bosch.
The Levinson brothers have been under investigation by MLB since last summer, after another client, former Yankee Melky Cabrera, tested positive for elevated levels of testosterone. The Daily News first reported in August that Cabrera had tried to avoid a 50-game suspension by creating a fictitious website for a supplement he claimed had inadvertently caused him to test positive. The bizarre attempt to avoid discipline fell apart when MLB officials began investigating Cabrera’s claims.
Juan Nunez, the ACES associate who claimed responsibility for Cabrera’s botched supplement scheme, also appears in Bosch documents obtained and published by the Miami New Times last week. In a letter obtained by the newspaper, Bosch told Nunez that Cabrera owes him $14,000, including a $5,000 bonus because Cabrera, then with the San Francisco Giants, made the National League All-Star team. Cabrera was named the MVP of the game.
The other Levinson clients listed in the Bosch documents identified in the New Times include Gio Gonzalez, the Nationals pitcher who led the National League in wins last season and Texas Rangers outfielder Nelson Cruz.
The Levinson brothers are not the only thread linking players to Bosch: Many of the athletes named have connections to the University of Miami.
The biggest name in the document, Alex Rodriguez, donated $3.9 million to the school, and he often works out at the university baseball facility that bears his name. Miami strength and conditioning coach Jimmy Goins, another alleged Bosch client, worked with Brewers star Ryan Braun when he attended Miami.
Braun’s name was reported by Yahoo! Tuesday night to be in Bosch’s documents.
Former Yankees prospect Jesus Montero, now with the Seattle Mariners, linked to Anthony Bosch and performance-enhancing drugs
More bad news for agents Seth and Sam Levinson: Their client, former Yankee catcher Jesus Montero, is named in records from a South Florida anti-aging clinic linked to performance-enhancing drugs, the Daily News has learned.
Montero, a top prospect who was traded to the Mariners before last season, is just the latest client of ACES, the Levinson brothers’ Brooklyn-based sports agency, who has been linked to Biogenesis, the now-shuttered Coral Gables clinic operated by self-described “biochemist” Anthony Bosch.
The Levinson brothers have been under investigation by MLB since last summer, after another client, former Yankee Melky Cabrera, tested positive for elevated levels of testosterone. The Daily News first reported in August that Cabrera had tried to avoid a 50-game suspension by creating a fictitious website for a supplement he claimed had inadvertently caused him to test positive. The bizarre attempt to avoid discipline fell apart when MLB officials began investigating Cabrera’s claims.
Juan Nunez, the ACES associate who claimed responsibility for Cabrera’s botched supplement scheme, also appears in Bosch documents obtained and published by the Miami New Times last week. In a letter obtained by the newspaper, Bosch told Nunez that Cabrera owes him $14,000, including a $5,000 bonus because Cabrera, then with the San Francisco Giants, made the National League All-Star team. Cabrera was named the MVP of the game.
The other Levinson clients listed in the Bosch documents identified in the New Times include Gio Gonzalez, the Nationals pitcher who led the National League in wins last season and Texas Rangers outfielder Nelson Cruz.
The Levinson brothers are not the only thread linking players to Bosch: Many of the athletes named have connections to the University of Miami.
The biggest name in the document, Alex Rodriguez, donated $3.9 million to the school, and he often works out at the university baseball facility that bears his name. Miami strength and conditioning coach Jimmy Goins, another alleged Bosch client, worked with Brewers star Ryan Braun when he attended Miami.
Braun’s name was reported by Yahoo! Tuesday night to be in Bosch’s documents.