After 15 seasons in Major League Baseball, José Bautista has made the jump into entrepreneurship and investing. 

He took a majority position in Marucci Sports and helped them to an exit and has also invested in outwear company Canada Goose.

José Bautista recently bought the majority position in a USL team, Las Vegas Lights FC. 

Chapters:

(01:45) Owning a pro sports team

(05:45) Transition from athlete to investor 

(08:15) Marucci Sports to exit

(11:30) Due diligence and evaluating deals

(14:15) MLB players vs other sports

(20:50) What stands out in founders

(22:45) Deals he’s looking at

(26:00) Baseball tech and robot-umpires

(32:10) Las Vegas Lights & USL

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José Bautista:

X: https://x.com/joeybats19

Las Vegas Lights: https://www.lasvegaslightsfc.com/

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Andrew Petcash:

🏠 Website: https://profluence.com

🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/andrewpetcash

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewpetcash/

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