MLB Players Association executive director Tony Clark is expected to resign his position, according to industry sources and multiple reports.
His departure is a massive development as players enter a potentially industry-shaking labor negotiation with team owners this year.
Clark, the union’s day-to-day leader since 2013, has been under federal investigation since last year by the Eastern District of New York—along with the organization itself—over complaints over alleged self-dealing and misuse of licensing money.
The move, not yet announced, arrives as a critical time as the current five-year collective bargaining agreement with MLB expires Dec. 1. As a fiscal divide within the sport continues to grow, many owners are expected to pursue a salary cap, something the union has long resisted. Talks are expected to be fractious.
Clark was scheduled to be part of a customary preseason tour of spring training camps, but a planned stop Tuesday at the Guardians’ camp in Arizona was canceled.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
