The MLB Players Association (MLBPA) filed a grievance against four MLB teams for not spending their revenue sharing money on salaries:
The Major League Baseball Players Association officially filed a grievance against Major League Baseball accusing four teams — the Oakland Athletics, Miami Marlins, Pittsburgh Pirates and Tampa Bay Rays — of failing to comply with the rules of how they spent their revenue-sharing money.
The war is on.
“If we got to ruffle a few feathers, so be it,’’ New York Mets veteran third baseman Todd Frazier told USA TODAY last week, “because this game needs the best players. We need some questions answered. We got to figure it out. we got to figure something out. If we got to ruffle a few feathers, so be it, because this game needs the best players.
“It’s frustrating. And it’s weird. It’s like we have to really look into what happened last season. We got to move forward with some action.’’
The Pirates responded rather forcefully:
Pirates president Frank Coonelly calls the MLBPA's grievance "patently baseless" and a "meritless claim." His full statement… pic.twitter.com/IXkGj5vPuW
— Adam Berry (@adamdberry) February 27, 2018
While I expect the other 26 teams to back up the four named teams, I suspect some of the teams putting money into that pot are a bit miffed themselves.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/2HSLCon
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