It seems like MLB and MLBPA have been at odds for the last five years over a variety of issues, including service-time manipulation, free agency, player salaries, universal designated hitter, and expanded postseason. And with the league’s current collective bargaining agreement set to expire in December 2021, any misstep on either side makes people wary of a potential work stoppage.
Comments like the one’s former Seattle Mariners president and CEO Kevin Mather made don’t help the relationship between the league and its players and drive a wedge further into any hope for resolution.
Mather came under fire this week after a video leaked of him discussing the Mariners’ business decisions regarding their young prospects, blatantly manipulating their service time among several other inappropriate comments during an online Rotary Club meeting.