"It Was Awful!": Max Scherzer Is Fed Up With CBA Role; Will "Absolutely Not" Get Involved In Future

He was one of the most visible and vocal players on the MLBPA executive subcommittee, helping to lead the players' side during the collective bargaining negotiations. Now, Max Scherzer says he's done with all that, and whether he's playing or not the next time CBA talks roll around, he will "absolutely not" be involved.

“My background is finance and economics, I was taking high-level classes, so I understand it. But post-playing career? Yeah, no, not going to do it.”

Scherzer told Brittany Ghiroli of The Athletic that it was the mental toll and the contentious aspect of it, in addition to the sheer dedication around the clock. “My family, it was too much of a price, of a toll. To do it right, you have to put in a lot of hours and I’m not going to put in the hours with my family (again).

"It was awful. From about Jan. 15th on, it was really bad"

“It was awful. From about January 15 on, it was really bad," continued Scherzer. "It was just constant calls, Zoom calls, stuff you had to be on."

What he doesn't mention, but is no doubt weighing on him, is that after all those headaches, and time spent, his 8-man executive subcommittee actually voted unanimously against the final owners' proposal, 8-0. But they were overruled by the general player pool, whose team reps voted overwhelmingly in favor of the deal, 26-4. 

Instead, Scherzer will go back to simply being the highest-paid player in the game, after signing his record-setting 3-year, $130M deal with the New York Mets before the lockout (AAV: $43.3M).

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