"In an unprecedented propaganda campaign, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred, who works for the team owners, has been visiting major league locker rooms, hoping to persuade players to accept a salary cap, in anticipation of negotiations with the players' union over the next five-year collective bargaining agreement. (The current agreement expires on December 1). Soon after he arrived in Philadelphia to speak to the Phillies, first baseman Bryce Harper confronted Manfred. "Get the fuck out of our clubhouse," Harper told the commissioner."
"The MLB Players Association has long opposed a pay ceiling. "We've always believed in as free a market system as possible, such that the individual player can realize his value against the backdrop of teams that are interested in his services," Tony Clark, the MLBPA president, told The Athletic in February. To force the issue, owners may instigate a lockout, as they did for 99 days from December 2, 2021, to March 10, 2022, delaying the start of the season."
Commissioner Rob Manfred has been visiting major league locker rooms to persuade players to accept a salary cap ahead of negotiations for the next five-year collective bargaining agreement, which expires December 1. Bryce Harper confronted Manfred in Philadelphia, telling him, "Get the fuck out of our clubhouse." The MLB Players Association opposes a pay ceiling; president Tony Clark endorsed as free a market system as possible to let individual players realize their value. Owners could instigate a lockout, as in 2021–22, or players could strike. Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale's 32-day 1966 holdout was a major turning point in baseball labor history and helped lay groundwork for union success, achievements now threatened by owners.
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