MLB union head fires back at Manfred
NEW YORK
Players’ union head Tony Clark criticized baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred for blaming players’ demands for the slow free agent market and said an increasing number of teams are making little effort to “justify the price of a ticket.”
Manfred said Sunday that “markets change” and “people think about players differently. They analyze players differently.”
Management proposed changes to playing rules that include a pitch clock. The union responded with a wider list of proposals that include economic initiatives such as expanding the designated hitter to the National League and altering the amateur draft to make rebuilding less appealing.
Clark said in a statement, “We believe these substantive changes are imperative now — not in 2022 or 2025, but in 2019.”