Padres’ Fernando Tatis Jr. sues to void future earnings deal

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San Diego Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr. filed a lawsuit on Monday against Big League Advance (BLA), attempting to void a contract he signed as a teenage minor-leaguer that states he owes the company a share of his future earnings. According to the suit, filed in San Diego County Superior Court, the 26-year-old Tatis signed a deal with BLA in 2017 as a 17-year-old player that paid him $2 million in exchange for 10 percent of his future earnings. Per the contract with BLA, Tatis would owe the company $34 million after signing a 14-year, $340 million deal in February 2021. Per a press release from Tatis’ legal team, the two-time All-Star is looking to hold BLA accountable for “exploitative, predatory

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