“Extremely Tired Antics”-New York Yankees Star Takes a Dig at MLB’s Response to Players Union Rejecting the Mediation
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After two months of silence in MLB, baseball fans have witnessed lots of drama in the last week. The current situation in MLB is getting more complicated with each day passing. Now, the Yankees star, Jameson Taillon, has also broken his silence on the current situation of lockout.
Earlier on Thursday, MLB owners refused their commitment to offering a counterproposal to the Players’ Association. Instead, they requested a federal mediation in order to continue the upcoming season as scheduled.
Statement from the Major League Baseball Players Association: pic.twitter.com/KBssy2e66U
— MLBPA Communications (@MLBPA_News) February 4, 2022
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Hours after receiving the request from the owners to include a mediator for the further negotiations, MLB Players’ Association declined their request as they are not ready to include a third party in the negotiation. The MLBPA, in their statement, said that players are still ready to negotiate.
“The clearest path to a fair and timely agreement is to get back to the table. Players stand ready to negotiate,” said the statement from the MLB Players’ Association.
MLB’s response to Players Association’s stand
As per Jeff Passan of ESPN, the MLB owners on Friday responded to the players’ union when they rejected the intervention of a federal mediator and released a statement. According to Jeff Passan, the owners want to get assistance from Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service in order to conduct the next season on schedule.
“It is time to get assistance.”
Major League Baseball responded today to the MLBPA rejecting the intervention of a federal mediator. The entire statement, via a league spokesman: pic.twitter.com/3jGBLPGudX
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) February 4, 2022
“Our goal is to have players on the field and fans in the ballparks for Spring Training and Opening Day. With camps scheduled to open in less than two weeks. It is time to get immediate assistance from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to help us work through our differences and break the deadlock,” said MLB owners in their statement.
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Yankees’ pitcher Jameson Taillon takes a dig at MLB owners
Responding to this, the Yankees’ star, Jameson Taillon, took his Twitter account to take a dig against the MLB owners. He said if the goal is to get players on the field, then why did the MLBPA not get a counterproposal? Taillon termed it as ‘extremely tired antics’.
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If the goal is to get players on the field asap- then why did it take 43 days after the lockout to even hear from MLB? Didn’t seem like a priority then! Why did we not get a counter proposal this week? It’s all extremely tired antics/optics.
— Jameson Taillon (@JTaillon50) February 4, 2022
“If the goal is to get players on the field asap- then why did it take 43 days after the lockout to even hear from MLB? Didn’t seem like a priority then! Why did we not get a counterproposal this week? It’s all extremely tired antics/optics,” said Jameson Taillon.
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Considering the current situation, it is unlikely that the spring training and opening day will start on schedule.