I would be shocked if the MLBPA would sign off on an agreement that excludes HIPPA protection. If this does turn out to be Herpes and no official release or suspension comes out, could the union use this as a backdoor to get out of testing- i.e. the conditions to which the union agreed (privacy of test results pending appeal/the process) were ignored/not met by someone inside the testing company or the MLB
I think the union actually wants testing... at least the majority of them do.