Max Scherzer He was the main figure of the Players Association of MLB in what seemed like endless negotiations with the management of Major League Baseball about a new Collective Bargaining Agreement that ended with the work stoppage after 99 days. With the deal settled, the pitcher took the day off to de-stress and celebrate.
At the end of the work stoppageall league activities immediately resumed and training camps at Spring Training complexes opened their doors. Scherzerthe new starter for the New York Mets, he was one of the first players to report the next day.
After his first activities with the Mets in Port St. Lucie, Scherzer he was approached by the press and asked what he did after the work stoppage was liftedto which the three-time Cy Young winner replied: “I drank too much”causing laughter among the people present.
Scherzer is one of the greatest figures in Major League Baseball today, and, before the work stoppage, Signed a three-year, $130 million contract with the Mets.becoming the player who will receive the most money during the 2022 season as he will earn a total of 43 million this year alone.
The now Mets ace was at the foot of the marathon negotiations at the Roger Dean in Jupiter, Florida at the end of February, where he mainly was watching over the future of young prospects who play in the minor leagues and then rise to Big leaguesa situation that was taken into account as an important point to be able to sign the new Collective Agreement. Seventh Inning
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