The Greediness of MLB Players

Blake Snell 

    Yes, not every MLB player is greedy, and it is not polite to make generalizations about people, but Rays SP Blake Snell, backed by several other MLB players, spoke out about his unwillingness to play this season for a pay cut. As if they're not making too much money already. 
    Snell, the Tampa Bay Rays' 2018 American League Cy Young Award winner, said during a Twitch livestream, “I gotta get my money. I’m not playing unless I get mine, OK? And that’s just the way it is for me." Snell gets paid $10 million annually, which constituted roughly $435,000 per game started, $1.67 million per game won, and $93,450 per inning pitched in 2019. Yet, Snell is unwilling to take a pay cut for hundreds of millions of fans to return to their fascination with watching the beautiful sport of baseball. Even after league officials assured the Rays' pitcher that the risk of contracting coronavirus would be significantly diminished through extreme precautions, Snell still held firm on his reluctance to take a pay cut. 



Bryce Harper and Nolan Arenado

    Blake Snell isn't the only MLB player who is vehemently opposed to taking a pay cut in 2020. Philadelphia Phillies superstar outfielder, Bryce Harper, and Colorado Rockies all-star third baseman, Nolan Arenado, both agreed and supported Snell's remarks.“He ain’t lying. He’s speaking the truth bro,” Harper said. “I ain’t mad at him. Somebody’s gotta say it, at least he manned up and said it. Good for him." Harper, the recipient of the richest contract in the history of North American sports, is ironically against a pay cut in 2020. C'mon. 

    Although millions of American sports spectators are yearning for sports to return, overpaid baseball players are refusing to take minor pay cuts because of the league's slashed profit off of ticket sales. It's just greedy.

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