{"id":21144,"date":"2020-07-05T03:04:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-05T00:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/michael-conforto-spent-frustrating-mlb-pause-as-mets-union-voice\/"},"modified":"2020-07-05T03:04:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-05T00:04:00","slug":"michael-conforto-spent-frustrating-mlb-pause-as-mets-union-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/michael-conforto-spent-frustrating-mlb-pause-as-mets-union-voice\/","title":{"rendered":"#Michael Conforto spent \u2018frustrating\u2019 MLB pause as Mets\u2019 union voice"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Michael Conforto spent \u2018frustrating\u2019 MLB pause as Mets\u2019 union voice<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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July 4, 2020 |<\/span> 8:04pm <\/p>\n

\n Michael Conforto\u2019s stress level surged during baseball\u2019s layoff, well beyond the concern of his strained oblique or the coronavirus outbreak that threatened the season.<\/p>\n

As the Mets\u2019 union representative, Conforto was charged with conveying information to his teammates in May and June as the MLBPA and owners battled over an economic plan that would allow an abbreviated season to commence.<\/p>\n

Conforto described himself as \u201cthe voice of the majority of the team\u201d on the issues. Brandon Nimmo, Jed Lowrie, Pete Alonso and Jacob deGrom were the teammates Conforto says were most involved in relaying information to Mets players.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an experience \u2014 I have never been involved with any of that bargaining-type stuff,\u201d Conforto said Saturday as spring training 2.0 continued at Citi Field. \u201cIt was stressful at times. It was frustrating at times.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ultimately, commissioner Rob Manfred imposed a 60-game<\/a> season, after the sides couldn\u2019t reach an economic agreement on a possible longer season. At issue was the pay reduction owners wanted the players to accept for games held without fans in the ballpark.<\/p>\n

It sets up a potentially ugly fight between the sides when the collective bargaining agreement expires after the 2021 season. Conforto said he\u2019s trying to put the past several weeks behind him, but gleaned something from the experience.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt showed me the power of our union, the unity of the players,\u201d Conforto said. \u201cAs we went closer to this 60-game area that we ended up in, the guys kept getting more and more unified and it was kind of incredible to watch. Speaking for the Mets in general<\/a>, we became more unified, but also player leadership on those calls and the union as a whole.\u201d<\/p>\n

Conforto says he is fine physically after straining an oblique in March that would have jeopardized his readiness for Opening Day had it started as scheduled. The focus now is following MLB\u2019s safety protocols, with social<\/a> distancing as the primary means for avoiding a coronavirus outbreak.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have kind of gone above and beyond what MLB has mandated, as far as Brodie being around to remind us six feet apart, he likes us to stay more like 10 feet apart, making every effort to not have a point-of-contact type thing,\u201d Conforto said, referring to general manager Brodie Van Wagenen.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been real crazy, but it\u2019s encouraging. We\u2019re starting to see how we can make this thing work, we can still get our work in and we\u2019ve got to be responsible, we have got to make sure that we follow the rules and also get our work in at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Four Braves players, including All-Star first baseman Freddie Freeman, were revealed Saturday to have tested positive for the coronavirus. Conforto was asked about his own level of fear about contracting the virus.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of us understand what a positive test does, and really it\u2019s going to shut you down for over probably something like three weeks, so obviously it\u2019s something we worry about,\u201d Conforto said. \u201cThat is kind of the reason we are going above and beyond in these protocols.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did see some big names in there. Anybody in our family who gets it, we feel terrible for, but it\u2019s kind of coming down to this is a big part of the season where the healthier the team can stay it really increases your chances of winning games when we do get to the season. We have to be real vigilant and responsible to make sure we have all our guys out there when the time comes.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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