Brodie Van Wagenen Criticizes Rob Manfred in Leaked Video

Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen had no idea he was on a hot mic when he openly talked about what Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred had as a plan for the Mets and Marlins game on Thursday night.

Holy shit Rob Manfred is trying to force the Mets to pull a social justice awareness stunt tonight by having the players symbolically leave the field at 7:10 before returning an hour later to play at 8:10 even though the players don’t want to play tonight pic.twitter.com/4BJLaPUkoy

— Nick (@NickCocco18) August 27, 2020

For context, five games in the majors have already been postponed for Thursday night as teams try to do their part in fighting social injustice.

Here’s the full transcript of what was said.

Full transcript of the video: pic.twitter.com/me5s6xpbXv

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) August 27, 2020