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Tampa Bay Rays: Why Blake Snell is right to refuse reduced pay in 2020

Tampa Bay Rays‘ ace Blake Snell took to Twitch to do his thing and he’s got the baseball world a buzzing from his comment. Snell declared that he would not play in 2020 for a reduced salary under increased risk due to the novel coronavirus, or “Rona” as he so eloquently put it.

If you haven’t read about it, you can do so here.

Fans have taken to their keyboards all over the world to call the players spoiled, compare them to healthcare workers, and express their overall outrage over Snell giving us a peek into the minds of the players.