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Mets pitcher Trevor May created quite the stir Saturday with a monologue during a live stream. He was answering questions regarding the lockout and went on to speak on a lot of different things regarding the situation.
He began by saying that in his opinion, spring training isn’t going to happen. He said the reason for this was because players don’t get paid during spring training, so MLB has more leverage during that time than they do during the season.
May continued by going on a small rant about Rob Manfred, saying that Manfred and all the people surrounding him are looking for everything they can get.
“This isn’t a mutually beneficial situation,” May said, “They want to win.”
He emphasized that MLB will not be leaving the table thinking that they could have gotten more.
“In the past, there’s been an element of respect for the game of baseball… they like baseball. Those things are not on Rob’s radar; they’re just not that important to him.”
This proves what virtually every single baseball fan has been feeling for the last seven years.
May is saying that Rob Manfred does not have a respect or love for baseball, and explains that he sees the players and fans simply as dollar signs.
“This is not going to be in good-faith negotiations,” May said. He said that the entire reason they are stretching the lockout is in order to get the maximum amount of money to the owners.
He continued by saying one of the more powerful lines of his entire chat, that “not a single negotiation with the guy [Rob Manfred] has been in good faith. He doesn’t do good-faith things.”
Also reiterating what fans have felt for a while, May said that Manfred is only worried about himself, and doesn’t care if the players are happy as long as he is.
This clip of May further enraged the fans with regard to Manfred and MLB. Fans are fed up with the owners and their greediness, and just want to see baseball back.
It is hard for a baseball fan barely getting by on minimum wage to have any sympathy for people who are worth 10 figures. Fans are outraged that these billionaires can’t even come together because they are so worried about walking out of the negotiations with as much money as possible.
Overall, the lockout is uniting the players and fans on the same side: absolute disgust for Rob Manfred, MLB and the owners.
It is hard to imagine baseball resuming without any hard feelings. Both sides, whether right or not, are being seriously hurt by the other. The two sides that once worked in unison are now in a standoff, fingers on the trigger, waiting to take out the other.
Things have gotten ugly, and fast.
