NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball players' union head Tony Clark says the number of rebuilding teams and unsigned free agents in a historically slow market threatens the sport's integrity.
"A record number of talented free agents remain unemployed in an industry where revenues and franchise values are at record highs," he said in a statement Tuesday, eight days before the first spring training workouts. "Spring training has always been associated with hope for a new season. This year a significant number of teams are engaged in a race to the bottom. This conduct is a fundamental breach of the trust between a team and its fans and threatens the very integrity of our game.