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February 17, 2026 at 8:46 am #301105
Tony Clark plans to resign as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, sources tell @DVNJr and me. Clark’s resignation comes in the wake of the Eastern District of New York’s investigation into alleged financial improprieties at the union.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) February 17, 2026
February 17, 2026 at 11:17 am #301111Could have some implications to the upcoming CBA negotiations I would imagine.
February 17, 2026 at 5:17 pm #301118
cardsfan64ParticipantInappropriate relationship with his sister-in-law, who had been hired by the union in 2023.
MLBPA executive director Tony Clark resigned Tuesday, leaving the union without its longtime leader less than a year before the expiration of MLB's collective bargaining agreement, sources told @JeffPassan and @DVNjr.
Sources also said that Clark resigned after an internal… pic.twitter.com/aYqaRm9JlG
— ESPN (@espn) February 17, 2026
February 17, 2026 at 7:17 pm #301123Players need to get a strong leader that probably is not in the current union leadership as there seem to be some shady things going on.
February 18, 2026 at 6:58 pm #301181I get the impression there is going to be a work stoppage in 2027.
And that it might last awhile.
February 19, 2026 at 7:45 am #301267NEWS: Bruce Meyer has been named the seventh executive director in the history of the MLBPA.
The veteran attorney and the lead labor negotiator for baseball players since 2018 replaces Tony Clark who resigned Tuesday.
Read more: https://t.co/ecj2zqvao6
— The Athletic MLB (@TheAthleticMLB) February 19, 2026
February 19, 2026 at 10:35 am #301277I recall RatsBuddy prophetically posting a year or two ago of possible impropieties within the MLBPA…….I guess Rat smelled a rat. You know it’s easy to dismiss Rat as being merely a jolly good fun poster. But over the years, many of his predictions and projections have turned out to be right on the money.
February 19, 2026 at 3:16 pm #301280I think they MLBPA/MLNPA leadership has been under federal investigation since 2024 for financial improprieties
March 2, 2026 at 8:14 am #301985The owners have already won the court of public opinion, perhaps the biggest feather in their caps when they lock out the players come December. pic.twitter.com/QFQsyOG0Nc
— Thomas Gauvain (@thomasgauvain) March 2, 2026
March 15, 2026 at 3:41 am #302713The owners have already won the court of public opinion
March 16, 2026 at 1:46 pm #302774That is true if you are referring to a salary cap. The question is will enough owners also be accepting of a salary floor? That hasn’t been answered yet.
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