One agent wants MLB’s worst teams to exploit a roster loophole — it would be a bad look for all involved [Video]

Being a successful agent means, among other burdens, getting people to talk about your client when they otherwise wouldn’t. Tip your cap to CAA’s Ryan Hamill, then, for a job well done with respect to free-agent right-hander Michael Lorenzen. 

The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal has the details on a creative sales pitch conceived by Hamill and Lorenzen that has them marketing Lorenzen as a two-way player. The goal isn’t to convince a team that Lorenzen can do his best Shohei Ohtaniapproximation; rather, it’s to sell a non-contender on using Lorenzen in an offensive capacity long enough (20 games with at least three plate appearances apiece) for him to earn the two-way player designation. At that point, Lorenzen would no longer count toward Major League Baseball’s 13-pitcher limit, allowing his next team (ostensibly a contender who acquires him at the trade deadline) to effectively carry 14 pitchers …