If you’ve been on the baseball sphere of the internet at any time over the past four months or so, odds are you’ve seen someone railing about Major League Baseball players, specifically Manny Machado and Bryce Harper, being spoiled, greedy babies who don’t know how good they have it. When it comes to salaries, people love to mention that “they’re playing a kid’s game” and they should be happy they’re getting paid at all. It’s worth noting that this take isn’t just limited to angry Twitter eggs, even Nick Markakis openly said this when asked about his reduced salary for the 2019 season.
Major League Baseball players are not greedy
