FILE - Sports agent Casey Close is shown after his client, free agent infielder Jed Lowrie, signed with the New York Mets at a press conference introducing Lowrie to the media, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, at CitiField in New York. Freddy Freeman’s former agent and his company sued a radio host for libel on Thursday, July 14, 2022, alleging Doug Gottlieb falsely claimed Casey Close never informed the first baseman of the Atlanta Braves’ last contract offer. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)