What will the renters in those fast approaching and fancy Ballpark Village apartments watch from their high-rise if there is no 2022 baseball season?
A second consecutive sluggish free-agent market is increasing tension between team owners, players and the people who represent the two sides.
Players have plenty of reasons to feel chapped. Despite what front offices have come to believe, the players are the most important part of the game. That game is generating more money than ever before. Yet players are not seeing bigger pieces of the pie. Especially not during free agency, which used to be when a player’s leverage peaks.