Beloved MLB Agent Who Negotiated Largest Contract in Franchise History Dies

Beloved MLB Agent Who Negotiated Largest Contract in Franchise History Dies

The agent for Felix Hernández, Ben Zobrist, Gleyber Torres and other baseball stars died after battling cancer. He was 71.

Baseball Visionary Scott Pucino, 71, Survived By His Wife Meg And Two Sons Joey & Danny Pucino

Scott Pucino passed away at 71, peacefully surrounded by his family, on Sunday, April 27, 2025 at his home in Green Oaks, Illinois. He lost the battle with pancreatic cancer. He was a director of baseball at Octagon who was responsible for one of baseball’s most lucrative contracts, a seven-year contract worth $175 million for Felix Hernandez with the Seattle Mariners in 2013. Highlights Scott Pucino married Meg Monko Pucino, and they have two…

MLB News: Beloved Agent Who Negotiated Largest Contract in Franchise History Dies

By J.P. Hoornstra writes and edits Major League Baseball content. A veteran of 20 years of sports coverage for daily newspapers in California, J.P. covered MLB, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Los Angeles Angels (occasionally of Anaheim) from 2012-23 for the Southern California News Group. His first book, The 50 Greatest Dodgers Games of All-Time, published in 2015. In 2016, he won an Associated Press Sports Editors award for breaking news cov…