As Major League Baseball teams prepare to open spring training camps with an unprecedented number of free agents still unsigned, the head of the MLB Players Association said clubs are engaged in a "race to the bottom'' that "threatens the integrity of the game.''
Tony Clark, executive director of the players union, released a statement to ESPN on Tuesday that reflects the growing contentiousness between the union and MLB over the agonizingly slow pace of the offseason free agent market.
"Pitchers and catchers will report to camps in Florida and Arizona in one week,'' Clark said.