Derek Marques

Mental illness doesn’t always look like someone falling apart. Sometimes it looks like showing up, doing your job, smiling, and handling everything expected of you while fighting a battle nobody else can see. Keep going. Quiet battles still take incredible strength. 💙

One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned as an agent: a player’s career is never a straight line. There are promotions, demotions, injuries, slumps, roster moves and plenty of uncertainty. Our job isn’t just to be there when things are going well. It’s to pick up the phone, find solutions and advocate for our players when things get difficult. That’s when representation matters most. #Baseball #MLB #MiLB

Tonight, @latitudesg client Brock Rodden is set to make his Major League Debut for the #Mariners! ⚾️ A moment like this is about so much more than one game. It represents years of sacrifice, belief and countless hours of hard work from Brock, his family and his agent; all dedicated to helping him reach this moment. Tonight, a lifelong dream becomes reality. Congratulations, Brock and the entire Rodden family. Welcome to The Show! 👏⚾️ #LatitudeSportsGroup #MLBDebut #WelcomeToTheShow

Baseball careers can change quickly. One opportunity. One adjustment. One person believing in you at the right time. You can’t control when the opportunity comes. You can control whether you’re ready for it. ⚾️

The dog days of summer are here. ☀️⚾ This is where the baseball season tests you; the heat, the travel, the long days and the grind. For players, it’s about staying locked in, taking care of your body and competing every single day. The teams and players who embrace the grind now are the ones still playing when the games matter most. #Baseball #DogDaysOfSummer #TheGrind

Opening Day isn’t just about talent. It’s about preparation, timing, opportunity… and a lot of things behind the scenes. Respect to everyone who earned their way there.

The gap between talent and opportunity is usually information. Understanding options, timing, leverage, and market dynamics changes careers. That’s where good representation matters.

Thoughts and prayers to those families affected by the California Fires.

The toughest part of dealing with those depression is those tough days when you have to put on a fake smile and pretend everything is ok.

Question I often get asked is “how can I get drafted if I play at a smaller D1 school or outside of D1”, I say you have to show you can compete against those top tier talent and if that means going to Indy ball to do so there is no shame in that. Not everyone in the majors made it through the draft.

Parents should allow their young children to just enjoy playing baseball and not compare them to the other children and think their child can make it to the MLB at such a young age.

You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be. This is true and Baseball and in Life.

Always remember that joy is the infallible proof of the presence of God. You never walk alone, God always walks by your side.

I am a Proud Canadian. I acknowledge that Canada has a history that it is not proud of but many Countries do. Do not let what we did in the past define who we are today or in the future. #HappyCanadaDay #IAmCanadian

Being successful is a feeling not an outcome.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. #EasterSunday #HappyEaster

Good luck to all players in @MiLB, this is the most stressful few days of the year as they wait to see if they break camp. To those unfortunate players that will see their names being released this week don't give up your road doesn't have to end here if you don't want it to be.

The @WBCBaseball is a good thing for baseball. International Sports really grow the games we need more of them. #WBC2003

Children who have mental health problems are more likely to become adolescents than adults with mental health problems and illnesses. #BellLetsTaIk