About
Cesare P. DeLuca
Chaz DeLuca is a baseball operations professional with the Chicago Cubs. J.D. and M.S. in Sports Law and Business from ASU, with direct experience in player evaluation, salary arbitration, software development, and MLB operations across two organizations.
His background spans Division I baseball, three years of sports law training, MLBPA certification, operations roles with the Cubs and Orioles, and founding DELUCA, where he has developed multiple SaaS products. He is pursuing a front office role in baseball.
Technical & Baseball Systems
Baseball Tech Stack
- Hawk-Eye
- TrackMan
- OMAR
- Rapsodo
- HitTrax
- Synergy Scouting
Baseball Analytics
- VS Code
- SQL
- Web development
- Workflow tooling
Analysis & Research
- Player evaluation
- Salary arbitration comps
- Market analysis
- Video analysis
- LexisNexis
- Westlaw
Education
Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University
Editor, Sports and Entertainment Law Journal; Sports Law and Business Organization. Contractual Agreements, Negotiation, Legal Writing, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property Law.
Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University
Pro Sport Team Operations & Legal Issues, Professional Sports Law, Sports Entrepreneurship Management, Sports Sponsorship Partnerships & Activations, Contract Drafting & Negotiating.
University at Buffalo School of Law
Buffalo Entertainment and Sports Law Society. Commercial Contracts, Contract Law.
Niagara University
NCAA Division I Baseball, Team Captain. Project Management, Sports Marketing, Organizational Leadership.
GateWay Community College
NJCAA Baseball, Team Captain. President’s List every semester. NJCAA All-Academic Team, 4.0 GPA.
Certifications
- Rapsodo Baseball Pitching Certification, Rapsodo, issued Jul 2024
- MLBPA Agent General Certification Exam, Major League Baseball Players Association, issued Oct 2023
- Essential Legal Research Certification, Thomson Reuters, issued Oct 2022
- Hootsuite Platform Certification, Hootsuite
- Social Marketing Certification, Hootsuite, issued Feb 2021
Service & Honors
- Assistant Coach, Niagara University Jr. Purple Eagles, Aug 2019 – May 2022
- Camp Instructor, 4 The Fun of the Game (Non-Profit), Jan 2016 – Mar 2019
- MAAC All-Academic Team, May 2022
- MAAC All-Academic Team, May 2021
- Dean’s List, Niagara University, Dec 2020
- Team Captain, Niagara University Baseball, Aug 2020
- Dean’s List, Niagara University, Jun 2020
- Dean’s List, Niagara University, Dec 2019
- NJCAA All-Academic Team, Jun 2019
- President’s List, GateWay Community College, May 2019
- Team Captain, GateWay Community College Baseball, Feb 2019
- President’s List, GateWay Community College, Dec 2018
- President’s List, GateWay Community College, May 2018
- President’s List, GateWay Community College, Dec 2017
- 2x 6A Baseball State Champion, Hamilton High School