It’s said that Washington Nationals star pitcher Max Scherzer has incredible influence within the Major League Baseball Players Association. An infrequent user of social media, when Scherzer tweets, players listen.
Scherzer was one of the first players to react to news Monday that the commissioner of baseball was not confident there would be a season, so it was no surprise that other stars have followed his lead.
Where we last left the soap opera, the MLBPA rejected the owners’ latest offer over the weekend because it still didn’t satisfy their demand for 100% of the pro rata salaries they say was originally agreed upon in late March.