Sam Menzin | About SJM Sports

SJM Sports was founded by Sam Menzin in 2025 to help owners, operators, investors, and sports organizations evaluate and grow opportunities across the sports industry, from facility projects to player development and front office strategy. With over 15 years of leadership experience in professional baseball, SJM Sports brings operational expertise and strategic insight to areas such as player acquisition, contract negotiations, athlete development, and large-scale performance infrastructure. The firm specializes in bridging high-level strategy with the realities of on-the-ground execution.

We provide deep fluency in how sports organizations operate, scale, and create value—both on and off the field. Whether you’re building a youth sports facility, scaling a sports platform, acquiring a professional team, or investing in performance systems, SJM Sports helps ensure capital is deployed with clarity, purpose, and long-term value creation in mind.

Sam’s path to SJM Sports runs through Major League Baseball’s front office, professional player representation, and finance — detailed in the experience timeline on this page. He also held early roles with the New York Mets and Complete Game Institute. A native of Westbury, New York, Sam studied history and psychology at Swarthmore College and is currently completing his Executive MBA at the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College.