Prominent player agent Brodie Van Wagenen, whose clients include Yoenis Cespedes and Jacob deGrom, suggested in a letter on Friday that players could boycott Spring Training due to the stagnant free agent market.
Roughly 125 free agents remain unsigned with just over a week to go until Spring Training begins, including many of the top free agents, such as Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas, Yu Darvish, and Jake Arrieta.
After noting that the "players were content with a status quo Collective Bargaining Agreement" in 2017, after they had had enjoyed a 23 percent increase in pay between 2012 and 2017, Van Wagenen said "the behavior of the Owner's in this year's free agent market has changed dramatically.