We’ve been seeing the backlash over Major League Baseball’s proposal to decimate the minor leagues over the last few days.
Now, Commissioner Rob Manfred has fired a shot across the bow to the players even before serious labor negotiations take place. There have been some preliminary meetings between players and owners, supposedly to set up more serious negotiations, but this does not sound promising, not at all:
Multiple sources briefed about what occurred in those talks told NBC Sports today that Manfred took an aggressive posture, telling the union that there is “not going to be a deal where we pay you in economics to get labor peace.