“As a result, you’ll see more content focused on the game’s rich history,” the message continued. “Once a new deal is reached, the up-to-the-minute news and analysis you’d expect will continue as usual.”
So instead of MLB.com being flooded with stories about big free agency signings or updates about the upcoming season, the site instead features lockdown stories, Stories Frequently asked questions about the status of negotiations and longer readings about baseball road trips and “worst team ever.”
However, the most notable absence is the image of the players.
On MLB.com’s mobile site you won’t find pictures of the game’s top players like Mookie Betts or Freddie Freeman. Instead, you’ll be greeted with empty shadows next to stats.
Some players have embraced those silhouettes, making them their social media avatars on Twitter.
“It’s amazing to see players around the league change their minds in solidarity. MLB can take away our image but never our FAILURE!” Trevor Williams, a pitcher for the New York Mets, tweeted Thursday. “I don’t know what portrait means.”
“We believe the lockdown is the best mechanism to protect the 2022 season,” he wrote: “We hope that the shutdown will start negotiations and bring us to an agreement for the end of the season. allowed the season to start on time.”
This lockdown was the first work stoppage in the MLB since the 1994-95 strike.
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