Former New York Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen was hired as chief operating officer of Roc Nation Sports on Wednesday, returning to the representation business two years after his unconventional leap into a baseball front office.
Van Wagenen, 46, had worked in the past with Roc Nation when he was co-head of CAA's baseball division, helping negotiate nine-figure contracts for Robinson Cano and Yoenis Cespedes.
The Mets fired Van Wagenen as part of a broad overhaul of their baseball-operations department when Steve Cohen purchased the team in November. Roc Nation, owned by Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter and run by Juan Perez, offered a role that includes head of strategy and business development titles.