Bryce Harper of the Phillies cursed the commissioner during a meeting
The Philadelphia Phillies’ base Bryce Harper told MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred to “put out the f*ck” from the team’s clubhouse. According to a source who spoke to ESPN today, the aim is to address leagues that may implement pay caps at last week’s meeting.
The argument took place in one of the commissioner’s planned meetings with all 30 MLB teams. Manfred never used the term “salary cap,” but the league’s economics conversation sparked Bryce Harper.
Sources attending the meeting told ESPN Harper, who was silent for most of the session, told the player that he was “not afraid to lose 162 games.” In other words, MLB players are willing to hold strikes from April 1994 to April 1995. Manfred replied, “I’m not going to put out a f*ck from here,” explaining the importance of talking about the league’s financial health.
Phillies outfielder Nick Castellanos was able to ease the situation by saying, “I have more questions.” The meeting continued and ended with Bryce Harper and Manfred shaking hands. However, Harper refused to accept the commissioner’s call the following day.
“It was pretty intense and definitely passionate,” Castellanos said. “Both the commissioner returns it to Blythe, and Blythe returns it to the commissioner. It’s a harp. He’s been doing this since he was 15. It’s just another day. I wasn’t surprised.”
Both Harper and Rob Manfred spokesmen declined to comment when contacted ESPN.
“Rob seems to be in a pretty desperate place about how important it is to get this salary cap, because he has the term “lockout” two years before our collective bargaining agreement (expired),” Castellanos said. “It’s nothing to throw. That’s the same thing I say in marriage. “I think divorce is possible. It’s probably going to happen.” You don’t just say those things. ”
Major League Baseball will need to negotiate a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with players for the 2026 season. The current CBA is set to expire late at night on December 2, 2026.
“No one is telling us about this Major League Baseball conglomerate we, players, that makes it possible,” continued Castellanos. “We don’t have players, we don’t have major league baseball. I don’t think Rob Manfred is evil. I don’t think the owner is evil. I don’t believe it. No one wants to stop work in baseball. It’s not a player, it’s a league.”