Bryce Harper de Phillies cursed the commissioner at the meeting
First Base Philadelphia Phillies Bryce Harper told the MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, to “release the F * CK” from the team clubhouse Last week, during a meeting, supposed to address the league potentially implementing a salary ceiling, according to sources that spoke to ESPN today.
The altercation took place during one of the commissioner's scheduled meetings with the 30 MLB teams. Although Manfred has never used the term “salary ceiling”, the conversation concerning the economy of the league caused Bryce Harper.
Sources that attended the meeting told ESPN that Harper, who remained silent for most of the session, said that the players “were not afraid of losing 162 games”, which means that MLB players would be ready to stage a strike as they did from April 1994 to April 1995. Harper then resisted the nose to say: ” Talking, you can then get the F * CK out of our club. ” Manfred replied that he “was not going to take out the F * CK from here”, explaining that it is important to talk about the economic health of the League.
The Phillies Nick Castellanos voltiseur was able to defuse the situation saying: “I have more questions”, which broke the confrontation. The meeting continued, finally ending with Bryce Harper and Manfred shaking hands. However, Harper refused to accept one of the commissioner's telephone calls the next day.
“It was quite intense, definitely passionate,” said Castellanos. “Both. The commissioner gives him back to Bryce, and Bryce restoring him to the commissioner. He's Harp. He has been doing this since he was 15 years old. It's just another day. I was not surprised.”
Harper and a spokesperson for Rob Manfred refused to comment when they are contacted by ESPN.
“Rob seems to be in a fairly desperate place on the importance of obtaining this salary ceiling because it floated the word” lockout “two years before our collective conduct [expiration]”Said Castellanos.” It's nothing to do. It's the same thing as me saying in a marriage: “I think divorce is a possibility. It will probably happen. You don't just say these things.
Major League Baseball must negotiate a new collective agreement (CBA) with the players for the 2026 season. The current ABC should expire at midnight on December 2, 2026.
“It is not as if someone taught us this baseball conglomerate of the major league that we, players, make up, that we make possible,” continued Castellanos. “There are no players, there are no major league baseball. I don't think Rob Manfred is bad. I don't think the owners are bad. I don't think any of this. No one wants a work stoppage. Not the players, not the league.”
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2025-07-28 21:09:00
