Trevor Bauer-Kyle Lohse’s MLB labor feud takes wild turn: ‘Sexist’

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MLB players’ unhappiness with the latest salary proposal from the game’s owners, and how they have handled themselves in the process, are now pitting pitchers of different eras against each other — and it’s getting personal.

Vocal Reds righty Trevor Bauer and former Cardinals, Twins and Brewers pitcher Kyle Lohse had a heated Twitter exchange on Thursday that included Bauer calling Lohse “sexist.”

Their spat was over the roles of Scott Boras and Bauer’s agent Rachel Luba, and the battle between MLB and the union over how much players will be paid if baseball return to games without fans in the stands. The players have been vocal on social media — mostly voicing their displeasure — over the owners’ proposal to put them on a sliding scale with more salary cuts after the two sides agreed to a prorated pay system in March.

Lohse, who last pitched in the majors for the Rangers in 2016, tweeted at Bauer a day after Bauer said on social media that Boras should: “Keep your damn personal agenda out of union business.” The 41-year-old Lohse believes the players are doing themselves a disservice by making their feelings public on social media.

“Who do you think has helped put a system in place where you can throw balls and never have to really work a day in your life while making unreal amounts of money?,” Lohse wrote. “Take your comments to the MLBPA if you have concerns, not twitter. Let the union do the talking. Best of luck”

Bauer, who seems to never shy away from a Twitter fight, fired back:

“Sorry for upsetting you Kyle but if I wanted Scott boras to represent my interests and the interests of my family and many employees etc, I would ask Scott boras to do that, I don’t want him to,” Bauer wrote. “I want the player group through the union to do so.”