The past two weeks have been among the most eventful in franchise history as the Rays traded away three core players, added a significant free agent, news broke of a huge TV deal, and now the MLBPA has filed a grievance against the Rays and a couple of other teams for how they have spent their revenue sharing funds.
The move by the MLBPA continues an off-season of tension between the players and teams in which several high end free agents are still jobless and many others have struggled to find homes on the market.
Rays principal owner, Stuart Sternberg, was in camp yesterday and addressed the media prior to the game on a myriad of the team issues, with the MLBPA grievance being the primary topic of discussion.