Sources: Phillies' Bryce Harper cussed out Rob Manfred in meeting

[Diddly Drogba]

Phillies star Bryce Harper stood nose to nose with Rob Manfred during a meeting between the Major League Baseball commissioner and the team last week, telling him to "get the f--- out of our clubhouse" if Manfred wanted to talk about the potential implementation of a salary cap, sources told ESPN on Monday.

The confrontation came in a meeting -- one of the 30 that Manfred conducts annually in an effort to improve his relations with every team's players -- that lasted more than an hour. Though Manfred never explicitly said the words "salary cap," sources said the discussion about the game's economics raised the ire of Harper, one of MLB's most influential players and a two-time National League MVP.

Ahead of the expiration of the collective-bargaining agreement between MLB and the MLB Players Association on Dec. 1, 2026, multiple owners have stumped for a salary cap in baseball, the only major men's North American sport without one. The MLBPA vehemently opposes a cap, which it argues serves more as a tool to increase franchise values than to lessen the game's large disparity between high- and low-spending teams.

Sources: Harper cussed out Manfred in meeting

Bryce Harper told MLB commissioner Rob Manfred to "get the f--- out of our clubhouse" during a meeting with the Phillies about the game's economics, sources told ESPN.

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[VegetasHairline]

There is gonna be a lot of games missed.

 

[Double Burger With Cheese]

Standing on business. No salary cap.

 

[drifter]

There is gonna be a lot of games missed.

Worth it if they're trying to fukk up the sport. But I think a public apology "I didn't handle what we discussed the right way because I disagree, and still do" works fine too. It's not like he hoed Manfred out in front of the world to where something has to be done about it

And the PA's right, only thing a salary cap does is give bail to cheap owners for being cheap that never had intention of not ever being cheap. On top of adding to the bottom line of teams while player salaries shrink, not just the Ohtanis and Sotos but everyone's. That PA is the best in all the leagues so they might actually come out on top if they're about it like that.

 

[FaTaL]

Standing on business. No salary cap.

i think were really looking at losing a whole season

 

[VegetasHairline]

@Remote

 

[10bandz]

That's some real shyt

 

[Remote]

Understand that what’s going to happen is a lockout.

A lockout is when the owners freeze the players out.

A strike is when the players walk out.

Owners want players to consent to a salary cap but won’t agree to open the books and define what counts as revenue for a cap. They also haven’t yet agreed to a salary floor if they want a cap.

Eff the Owners.

 

[hood b. goode]

Ten toes down.

Other player unions should take notes

 

[Leasy]

NFL players union would never. There is no reason why there should be a cap in Baseball. Too many games

 

[WhoShotCha]

That's why I fukk with Bryce. Dude really stood 10 toes in a major way.

 

[VegetasHairline]

That's why I fukk Bryce. Dude really stood 10 toes in a major way.

 

[Cladyclad]

I’m pro players. But baseball needs a cap with a salary floor

one guy should not be making more than like 5 teams

they also need shorter contracts. 13 year deals is crazy

 

[concise]

Worth it if they're trying to fukk up the sport.

They didn't already the last couple of years?

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

Understand that what’s going to happen is a lockout.

A lockout is when the owners freeze the players out.

A strike is when the players walk out.

Owners want players to consent to a salary cap but won’t agree to open the books and define what counts as revenue for a cap. They also haven’t yet agreed to a salary floor if they want a cap.

Eff the Owners.

Not just that, but any given year you have 11-15 owners who go into the season with no intention of even trying to win. Oakland, Miami, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, the white Sox, Tampa, Washington, sometimes Boston, Kansas City, Colorado, Baltimore, and Cincinnati all go into the year with a terrible payroll and you can safely assume they’ll trade away their best players or let them walk in free agency. Then you have Hal making games less accessible by putting them on 4-6 different streaming services, pushing to lower the tax threshold, and openly lobbying for a hard cap. I hope the players are prepared to lose a season or two. This is gonna get ugly. The owner of the Yankees is backing owners like bob nutting who hasn’t signed a player to a contract longer than 1 year since 2016 and since I have yet to hear him say anything about owners like John fisher or Bruce Sherman I have to assume he condones their conduct too. It isn’t looking good right now.