Know your agent

This is Greg Genske, sports agent to many clients including Kotsay, the Cubs' Scott Williamson, Todd Walker, manager Dusty Baker, D'back Shawn Green, White Sox's Orlando Hernandez, Dodger Brad Penny and many others.

According to SF Chronicle writer John Shea, the A's are trying to extend Kotsay's contract:

On the other hand, his agent, Greg Genske, is working on a possible extension and spoke Friday with A's general manager Billy Beane.

"I think they've exchanged possibilities of getting something done," said Kotsay, the leading candidate to represent the A's at the July 12 All-Star Game.

As of recently, Penny signed a three-year contract extension in the middle of the season which would give him about 8 million per season which is pretty much below market-value as Russ Ortiz?!? is making the same amount. This bodes well for the A's current efforts to re-sign Kotsay to an extension. Whether this is something that Genske is going to go along with, I turn attention to this article written last year:

What is your business philosophy on your industry segment?

Early in my career, a mentor, Brock Gowdy of Morgan Lewis, told me that the key to client service is very simple — it is providing the absolute best service to your existing client base and doing everything and anything you can to advance your client's objectives and goals.

What one can deduce, and this is something that I have gone over with Bobby, is that the A's are trying to find out whether they can retain Kotsay otherwise, otherwise they will try to deal him.