Major League Baseball Players Association executive director Tony Clark told reporters Sunday that the union did not fail to support former Mets reliever Jenrry Mejia before his suspension.
On Feb. 12, Mejia tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs for a third time, resulting in a lifetime ban from Major League Baseball.
But the 26-year-old right-hander told the New York Times Thursday that the union did not defend him, telling him he could not appeal.
“The association should have done more,” Mejia told the Times, adding that the union “should have been there to defend me — because that’s what they’re there for.